Thomas Sydenham
English physician (1624–1689)
Died aged 65VirgoUnited Kingdom
Biography
Thomas Sydenham (; 10 September 1624 – 29 December 1689) was an English physician. He was the author of Observationes Medicae (1676) which became a standard textbook of medicine for two centuries so that he became known as 'The English Hippocrates'. Among his many achievements was the discovery of a disease, Sydenham's chorea, also known as St Vitus' Dance. To him is attributed the prescient dictum, "A man is as old as his arteries."
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- Siblings
- William SydenhamMartha Sydenham
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- Thomas Sydenham died on December 29, 1689 at the age of 65.
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- Thomas Sydenham was born on September 10, 1624.
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- Thomas Sydenham was born in Wynford Eagle.
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- Thomas Sydenham's zodiac sign is Virgo.
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- Thomas Sydenham is a citizen of United Kingdom, Germany.
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