Johann Peter Weyer

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gptkbp:instanceOf physician
gptkbp:advocatesFor humane treatment of the mentally ill
the persecution of witches
scientific approaches to mental health
gptkbp:associatedWith Renaissance_humanism
gptkbp:born 1515
gptkbp:contributedTo the understanding of witchcraft and mental illness
gptkbp:criticism superstitions in medicine
gptkbp:died 1588
gptkbp:emphasizes the importance of observation in medicine
gptkbp:field medicine
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Johann Peter Weyer
gptkbp:influenced modern psychiatry
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Paracelsus
gptkbp:inspiration future generations of physicians
gptkbp:isEngagedIn gptkb:Emmerich_am_Rhein
gptkbp:isRecognizedFor the father of modern psychiatry
gptkbp:knownFor being a pioneer in psychiatry
gptkbp:language gptkb:Latin
gptkbp:members the medical community
gptkbp:nationality Dutch
gptkbp:occupation physician
gptkbp:placeOfBirth Den Bosch
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Emmerich_am_Rhein
gptkbp:publishedBy several medical texts
gptkbp:research medicine_at_the_University_of_Louvain
gptkbp:viewpoint a controversial figure in his time
gptkbp:wasA humanist scholar
gptkbp:wasFoundedIn the 16th century
gptkbp:wrote De Praestigiis Daemonum