Nulla Felicitas, ubi nulla Pietas. *
In gratiam Doctissimi D. Possessoris adscripsi
Fredericus Ruyschius
Anat[omiae] & Botanicae Professor
Amstelod[ami] 12. 8br. 1714.
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* Cf. St. Augustin, De civitate Dei
4.23.2 (PL 41.130): “Nam quomodo ibi esset vera felicitas,
ubi vera non erat pietas?”
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There is no happiness where there is no piety. *
Written on the request of the erudite owner [of
this album]:
Fredericus Ruyschius
professor of anatomy and botany
In Amsterdam, on October 12, 1714.
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p.
191. Amsterdam, October 12, 1714
Ruysch, Frederik
(1638-1731), Dutch anatomist and
botanist
Frederik Ruysch (Ruijschius) was born in the Hague on
March 23, 1638, a son of Hendrik Ruysch and Anna van Berchem. He
learned in the Latin school, and he became an assistant
pharmacist. In 1661 he opened his own pharmacy, and was admitted
to the guild. Later he went to Leiden to attend lectures of
medicine, and he disputed in 1664. During the plague he worked in
the Hague. He was appointed in Amsterdam professor of anatomy in
1666, and of botany in 1685. Besides he gave instruction to the
midwives of the city. In 1705 he was elected a member of the
Academia Leopoldina, in 1720 of the English Academy, and in 1727
of the French Academy. In 1717 he sold his unique collection of
anatomy and natural sciences to Zar Peter the Great for 30
thousand guldens, and then, at the age of 79, immediately began to
compose a new collection. In this he was supported by his youngest
daughter, a very experienced anatomist herself. His second
collection was sold by auction after his death. He died in
Amsterdam on February 22, 1731. – He made a series of important
anatomical discoveries and introduced some new healing methods.
His son Henricus (?-1727), an erudite physician, worked in
Amsterdam; his daughter Rachel (1664-1750) was a popular still
life painter. Some of his works are: Disputatio
medica inauguralis de pleuritide, Leiden, 1664. –
Observationum anatomico-chirurgicarum centuria. Accedit
catalogus rariorum, quae in museo Ruyschiano asservantur …
Amsterdam, 1691. – Thesaurus anatomicus. Amsterdam,
1701-1714. 10 pt. – Dilucidatio valvularum in vasis lymphaticis
et lacteis. Haga, 1665. Nieuwkoop, 1964. – Together with Raymond
Vieussens (1641-1715): Circa inventionem vasculosae
structurae corticis cerebri, renum, membranae, inter uterinam
placentam atque uterum interjectae, atque vermicularium vasorum
internum uterum perreptantium …
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