Talk:Friedrich Hoffmann

Copyright
this is copyright violation i think

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

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 * 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.



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:



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. — Llywelyn II   21:01, 21 November 2022 (UTC)