Johann Ludwig Hannemann

Johann Ludwig Hannemann (25 October 1640 – 25 October 1724) was a professor of medicine who famously opposed the idea of the circulation of the blood. He studied the chemistry of phosphorus, gold, and hematite; wrote articles on metallurgy, botany, theology, and various medical topics. He was an adherent of the views of the ancients and pre-Renaissance alchemists. He trained his medical students according to the schools of Galen, Hippocrates, and Aristotle.

Johann Ludwig Hannemann
Born(1640-10-25)25 October 1640
Amsterdam, Republic of the United Netherlands
Died25 October 1724(1724-10-25) (aged 84)
Kiel, Duchy of Schleswig-Holstein in Gottorp
Known forOpposing the theory of circulation
Scientific career
FieldsPhysician and Physicist
InstitutionsUniversity of Kiel
Doctoral studentsGeorg Gottlob Richter

He first studied theology before studying medicine. His best known being the first to disseminate the Curse of Ham calumny.[1][2]

In 1675, he became a Full Professor at the University of Kiel.

He was the doctoral advisor of Georg Gottlob Richter. In 1680, he became a member of Leopoldina.

References
  1. Botham, Fay (February 1, 2013). Almighty God Created the Races: Christianity, Interracial Marriage, and American Law. The University of North Carolina Press. p. 288. ISBN 978-1469607276.
  2. Goldenberg, David M. (June 22, 2017). Black and Slave. Studies of the Bible and Its Reception. 10. De Gruyter. p. 340. ISBN 978-3110521665.
  • Biographie Medicale; Bayle, G.-L.; Thillaye, J. B.-J., Eds.; B. M. Israel: 1967 Reprint; pp. 184–185.
  • Jöcher's Allgemeine Gelehrten Lexicon; Johann Friedrich Gleditschen: 1750-1787; vol. 2, col 1352-1353.
  • Biographisches Lexikon der hervorragenden Ärzte; Urban & Schwarzenberg: 1962; vol. 3, pp. 52–53.
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