Barend Joseph Stokvis
Physician and professor of physiology
Died when: 68 years 44 days (817 months)Star Sign: Leo
Barend Joseph Stokvis (Dutch pronunciation: ['ba?r??'co?s?f 'st?kf?s]; 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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