Haen, Anton de#
b. Leyden (Netherlands), Dec. 8, 1704, d. Vienna, Sept. 5, 1776, physician. One of the co-founders of the Vienna School of Medicine. Summoned to Vienna by G. van Swieten in 1754; head of the newly founded medical clinic. First to teach the students at the bedside of patients.
Literature#
E. Lesky, Oesterreichisches Gesundheitswesen im Zeitalter des aufgeklaerten Absolutismus, Archiv fuer Oesterreichische Geschichte 122/1, 1959.