Jan Jesenius was a physician, politician and philosopher of Slovak origin. He is renowned rather for his tragic fate than for his work in the field of anatomy and surgery. Jan Jesenius, son of Balthasar Jesenský (1536 - 1600) and Marha Schueller, studied at the Elisabeth gymnasium in Wrocław and from 1583 at the University of Wittenberg, 1585 at University of Leipzig, and 1588 University of Padua. Wikipedia
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