!!!Sorbait, Paul b. Montblyart (Belgium), 1624, d. Vienna, April 29, 1691, physician. Professor of medicine at the University of Vienna from 1654, rector 1668. physician in ordinary to the dowager empress Eleonore; recognized the danger of the Pest plague at an early stage and hence was able prevent it from developing into a full-blown epidemic. Concentrated on botany and anatomy and founded the first medical library at the university of Vienna; 1679 chief investigator in plague cases. \\ Work: Consilium medicum, 1679. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Sorbait,_Paul|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]