| Uitgever | Erasmus Publishing |
| Uitgavejaar | 2007 |
| ISBN | 9052351376 |
| ISBN13 | 9789052351377 |
| Taal | Nederlands |
| Type | Hardcover |
Communis Europea Praeceptor ('The teacher of the whole of Europe') – that was the brief but very descriptive phrase applied to Herman Boerhaave by Albrecht von Haller, one of the great fertilizing influences in eighteenth-century physiology. Was this phrase justified, and what manner of man was he to whom it was applied?