The World of Worm: Physician, Professor, Antiquarian, and Collector, 1588-1654

by Ole Peter Grell

This monograph offers the first comprehensive treatment of the multi-faceted scholarly interests of Ole Worm, professor of medicine at the University of Copenhagen. Scholarship about Worm has focused mainly on Worm's collecting and the creation of his cabinet of curiosity, the Museum Wormianum, resulting in Worm's rationale for his research being largely overlooked. Worm shared his many interests with a number of other physicians of the age, but...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032270101
• ISBN13: 9781032270104
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 274 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"