Johann Heinrich Meibom ( Latin : Iohannes Henricus Meibomius ; 29 June 1638, in Lübeck – 26 March 1700, in Helmstedt ) was a German physician and scholar.
3-667: Heinrich Meibom was the son of physician Johann Heinrich Meibom (1590-1655), who was the author of De Usu Flagrorum . He studied medicine at Helmstedt , Groningen and Leyden and afterwards traveled to Italy, France and England for scientific studies. He received his doctorate in 1663 in Angers (France) and in 1664 accepted a professorship in medicine at the University of Helmstedt . In 1678, he also became professor for history and poetry. He held these positions until his death in 1700. His son, Brandanus Meibom [ de ] , (1678-1740),
6-623: Was partially translated from the German Misplaced Pages article: Heinrich Meibom (Mediziner) ) De Usu Flagrorum Tractus de usu flagrorum in re Medica et Veneria is a 1639 treatise by Henricus Meibomius (1590–1655). The English title is A Treatise on the Use of Flogging in Medicine and Venery . It was published by the English publisher Edmund Curll . It is the earliest printed work on
9-529: Was professor for Pathology , Semiotics , Botany and Medicine. Meibom wrote 57 medical treatises. He is known for his discovery of the sebaceous glands in the eyelid that are named after him, the Meibomian glands . Beyond that, he wrote Latin poetry, which he published with his grandfather of the same name, Heinrich Meibom : Parodiarum horatianarum libri III et sylvarum libri II , 1588, published as " Rerum germanicarum scriptores " in 1688. (This article
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