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Felix Platter
Swiss physician / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Felix Platter (also Plater /ˈplɑːtər/; German: [ˈplatɐ]; Latinized: Platerus; 28 October 1536 – 28 July 1614) was a Swiss physician, well known for his classification of psychiatric diseases, and was also the first to describe an intracranial tumour (a meningioma).
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Born | Felix Plater 28 October 1536 |
Died | 28 July 1614 (1614-07-29) (aged 77) Basel |
Nationality | Swiss |
Education | University of Montpellier (M.D., 1557) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Medicine |
Institutions | University of Basel |
Doctoral advisor | Guillaume Rondelet |
Notable students | Petrus Ryff Emmanuel Stupanus |
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