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FIENUS

Volume 4 · 73 words · 1778 Edition

(Thomas), an ingenious and learned physician, born at Antwerp in 1566. He went into Italy to study physic under Mercenarius and Aldrovandus; and on his return distinguished himself to much in the university of Louvain, that he was there chosen professor of physic, and was afterwards made physician to the duke of Bavaria. He wrote several works, among which were, "De viribus imaginationis;" and "De formatione fetus." He died at Louvain in 1631.