Philipp Jakob Sachs

Philipp Jakob Sachs^[1](26 August 1627, Breslau- 7 January 1672, Breslau) was a German physician, naturalist, and editor of Ephemerides Academiae naturae curiosorum, the first ever learned journal in the field of medicine and natural history. He was a state physician in Breslau, and one of the founders of the Academia Naturae Curiosorum (Leopoldina).

His works include the 1665 Gammarologia, on crabs.

Notes

↑ von Löwenheim, or Lewenhaimb, Lewenheimb

External links

J Child Orthop. 2010 Apr;4(2):105-6. doi: 10.1007/s11832-009-0235-0. Epub 2010 Jan 12.

Historical note: an analysis of a 17th century illustration of a child with split hand/split foot malformation.

Ohry A, Frydman M.  In one of Philipp Jakob Sachs von Lewenhaimb's (1627-1672) books, one may find perhaps the first illustration of a child with the split hand/split foot malformation. A short historical note and some clinical genetic data are given.

KEYWORDS:

17th century; History of medicine; Philipp Jakob Sachs von Lewenhaimb; Split hand/split foot syndrome

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