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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine

HENSING, Johann Thomas (1683 – 1726)

1683 – 1726

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1719

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Cerebri examen chemicum, ex eodemqve phosphorum singularem omnia inflammabilia accendentem dissertatione academica.

HENSING, Johann Thomas (1683 – 1726)

First account of the chemical composition of the brain. Hensing discovered the presence of phosphorus. Annotated English translation with biography and historical analysis, by D.B. Tower. New York, Raven Press, [1983].