Barend Joseph Stokvis
(1834-1902)
Physician and professor of physiology
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Barend Joseph Stokvis (16 August 1834 – 29 September 1902) was a physician and professor of physiology and pharmacology at the University of Amsterdam. He is mainly remembered for his description of acute porphyria in 1889. As a researcher in chemical pathology he made contributions to the understanding of a number of diseases, such as diabetes. He was also considered an expert in tropical medicine and a celebrated medical educator. He authored an influential pharmacology textbook. Stokvis was one of a number of prominent 19th century Jewish physicians in the Netherlands.
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16 August 1834 Amsterdam, Netherlands
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29 September 1902 (aged 68) Amsterdam, Netherlands
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| Zodiac | Leo |
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