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Elias Rudolph Camerarius Sr.
Camerarius c. 1690
BornMay 7, 1641
DiedJune 7, 1695
Tübingen
Nationality German
Alma mater University of Tübingen
Scientific career
Fields Physician
Institutions University of Tübingen
Doctoral advisor Georg Balthasar Metzger
Doctoral students Rudolf Jakob Camerarius

Elias Rudolph Camerarius Sr. (1641–1695) was a professor of medicine who notably wrote books on the palpitations of the heart, pleurisy, skull fractures, and the use of medicinal plants.

He obtained his Doctor of Medicine in 1663 at the University of Tübingen. He is the father of Elias Rudolph Camerarius Jr. and Rudolf Jakob Camerarius.

References

  • Elias Rudolph Camerarius Sr. at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  • Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Duncker & Humblot, 1967-1971 Reprint, vol. 3, p. 719.
  • Biographisches Lexikon der hervorragenden Ärzte, Urban & Schwarzenberg, 1962, vol. 1, p. 808.
  • Michaud Biographie Universelle, (2nd Ed.), Delagrabe, 1843–1865, vol. 6, p. 474.