Biography

Amman was born at Breslau in 1634. In 1662 he received the degree of doctor of physic from the university of Leipzig

Leipzig

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, and in 1664 was admitted a member of the society Naturae Curiosorum, under the name of Dryander. Shortly afterwards he was chosen extraordinary professor of medicine in the above-mentioned university; and in 1674 he was promoted to the botanical chair, which he again in 1682 exchanged for the physiological. He died at Leipzig in 1691. He seems to have been a man of critical mind and extensive learning.

Works

His principal works were:

• Medicina Critica (1670);
• Paraenesis ad Docentes occupata circa Institutionum Medicarum Emendationem (1673);
• Irenicum Numae Pompilii cum Hippocrate (1689);
• Supellex Botanica (1675);
• Character Naturalis Plantarum (1676).

External links

• http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Ammann