Letter 1302

Bidloo has not heard from the Royal Society for some time. He would like a correspondence with the organization and its members. Govard Bidloo (1649-1713) was a predominant Dutch physician whose research focussed primarily on anatomy research. He was a professor of anatomy at The Hague giving lectures on anatomical dissection before he became the professor of anatomy and surgery at Leiden in 1694. He became a fellow of the Royal Society of London in 1696. He was the physician of William III, King of England, who died in his arms in 1702. His most famous publication is Anatomia Humani Corporis (1685) illustrated by Gerard de Lairesse featuring images and notes of living and dissected human figures. (royalsociety.org Library and Archive catalogue; Wikipedia, “Govard Bidloo”).