title: [Jan Swammerdam, physician and naturalist of the 17th century].
abstract: Jan Swammerdam (1637-1680) was a physician and a naturalist who clarified some details of human anatomy and who made many microscopic observations on insects and their metamorphosis. His life was marked by spirituality and a malaria which caused his death and prevented him from publishing his works which were edited after a long delay.
authors.forename: Bernard
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hoerni
mesh_terms: D000715:Anatomy / Q000266:history; D000818:Animals; D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000266:history; D049670:History, 17th Century; D006801:Humans; D007313:Insecta / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000254:growth & development; D019021:Natural History / Q000266:history*; D009426:Netherlands; D010820:Physicians / Q000266:history; D029181:Spirituality