title: [Christian Wolff (1679-1754) and the medical concept of his time].
abstract: The 300th anniversary of the birthday of Christian Wolff gave the occasion to set his multilateral work in relation to the medical currents of his time and to analyse it from the standpoint of modern medicine. Especially in his early period at Halle University Christian Wolff develops a new research programme with essential accents for the future physician. His philosophical literature with the postulates containing in this are conformable to the aim of the predecessors of the French revolution and on the sector of the art of therapeutic forms the basis decisive improvements in organised public health.
mesh_terms: D005858:Germany; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D008433:Mathematics / Q000266:history; D010686:Philosophy, Medical; D011634:Public Health / Q000266:history
vernacular_title: Christian Wolff (1679--1754) und die medizinischen Konzeptionen seiner Zeit.