title: [The career of Sebald Justinus Brugmans (1763-1819) in the service of military health].
abstract: Between 1811 and 1813, Sebald Justinus Brugmans (Franeker, 1763-Leyden, 1819), professor of Botany, Natural History, Chemistry and Medicine at the University of Leyden, served as a General Inspector of the French Imperial Military Health Service while he devoted himself to the improvement of hospital and barrack facilities and also to the improvement of the conditions of life for the regular army. Through his approach he was able to combat against epidemic diseases in unhealthy costal regions. For his career of almost 25 years he served under various rulers.
authors.forename: Teunis Willem van
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Heiningen
mesh_terms: D001680:Biographies as Topic; D005602:France; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D008886:Military Hygiene / Q000266:history*; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000266:history; D009426:Netherlands