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Friedrich Hoffmann (1660-1742), German physician and chemist, known for his systematic model of medicine based on the premise that health was the result of normal movement and disease was the result of disturbed movement. He saw human body as a hydraulic machine. He explained his views on iatromechanical medicine in Fundamenta medicinae, 1695. Hoffmann's work helped shift medical research away from the Galenic model of humors toward neuromuscular action and sensibility. As the first professor of medicine at the University of Halle, Hoffmann gave lectures on chemistry, physics, anatomy, surgery, and medical practice. He was widely respected as a teacher.

Medal

Bronze. Germany 1823. Signed. Posthumous. Issued for Durand’s “Series Numismatica Universalis Virorum Illustrium.”

Size

41mm

Artist

B. Wolf, German medallist of the early part of the nineteenth century about whom very little is known. He worked chiefly in Paris since all his medals were contributed to Durand’s series. (Forrer 6, 525)

Obverse

Clothed bust to left, wearing coat with four button-holes visible, long curls falling over shoulders; below truncation, WOLF F.; in a curve along edge at left and right, FRIDERICUS HOFFMANNUS

Reverse

In six parallel lines, NATUS/ HALAE / IN MAGEDEBURGICA / AN.M.DC.LX. / OBIIT/ AN.M.DCC.XLII.; in exergue, SERIES NUMISMATICA / UNIVERSALIS VIRORUM ILLUSTRIUM; below separated by a mark, M.DCCC.XXIII.; at bottom, curved inwards, DURAND EDIDIT

Ref

Freeman 247; Storer 1567

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