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Christiaan Eijkman
(11 Aug 1858 - 5 Nov 1930)
Dutch physician and hygienist.
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Science Quotes by Christiaan Eijkman (1 quote)
Simplex non sigillum veri.
Simplicity is no sign of truth.
Simplicity is no sign of truth.
— Christiaan Eijkman
Eijkman’s motto, and the title of a lecture he gave late in his career. As stated in Alfred Jay Bollet, in Plagues & Poxes: The Rise and Fall of Epidemic Disease (1987), 77. This contrasts with the much-quoted motto of Herman Boerhaave, “simplex sigillum veri” (simplicity is the sign of truth).
See also:
- 11 Aug - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Eijkman's birth.
- Beriberi, White Rice And Vitamin B: A Disease, A Cause and A Cure, by Kenneth J. Carpenter. - book suggestion.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
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