Talk:Friedrich Hoffmann

Copyright

this is copyright violation i think

The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia Copyright © 2003, Columbia University Press.

see [1]

Yes. I wondered where that paragraph came from. I will remove and add your link to bottom of the article. Bob Burkhardt (talk) 23:22, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

Surname spelling

Isn't the proper name Friedrich Hoffman with only one N? -René van Buuren, 1-6-04

Both current refs and the external link use two Ns. Bob Burkhardt (talk) 23:22, 23 February 2011 (UTC)

Witchcraft

This line "He wrote a witchcraft book, De Potentia Diaboli in Corpore, for his student Gottfried Büching." is incorrect, it's probably a bad translation of , see link. The mentioned book is Büching's 1703 dissertation which took place in Halle with Hoffmann as the overseeing professor. As I understand it Hoffmann later published parts or all of it in a compilation but he certainly didn't author it, Büching did. Long story short it's at least "unsourced".Holger.Walden (talk) 02:09, 29 August 2014 (UTC)

Sources for future article expansion

Currently there's nothing here but the major academic feud between Alexander Monro Secundus/Junior and William Hunter over priority in understanding the nature of the lymphatic system ended in discovering that Francis Glisson had already figured it out and published a century earlier.

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Presently, others argue that Hoffmann published before all three. If that's accurate, the controversy and rediscovery of Hoffmann's primacy should be mentioned here. Also, there's plenty here to add as well:

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It's unclear though if Naragon wrote that draft entry or is quoting and not attributing someone else's draft. Obviously the published version would be preferrable. — LlywelynII 21:01, 21 November 2022 (UTC)