Govert Bidloo

Govert Bidloo (1649 – 1713) was a Dutch anatomist and Royal physician

Most remembered for his anatomy text and feud of plagiarism with English anatomist William Cowper


Biography

  • Born 12 March 1649
  • Died 1713

Medical Eponyms


Key Medical Attributions

Fingerprints – papillary ridges (1685)


Major Publications

Published under Godefridum Bidloo; Govard Bidloo; Godefridi Bidloo


Controversies


References


eponym

the person behind the name

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