Edouard Van den Corput

Édouard van den Corput (1821–1908) was a Belgian physician and medical researcher who was professor of clinical medicine and therapy at the Université libre de Bruxelles.

Life Van den Corput was born in Brussels on 20 April 1821. His father, Henri-Joseph van den Corput, was a pharmacist and would also become a university professor in the city. Embarking initially on university studies in classics and philosophy, he switched to pharmacology after his father's death in 1841, in order to qualify to run the family business. L'épidémie de fièvre récurrente observée à Saint-Petersbourg en 1864 (1865) Origine et cause de l'épidémie de fièvre typhoïde qui a régné à Bruxelles pendant les premiers mois de 1869 (1869) La crémation (1885) Les lazarets volants et les lazarets fixes (1885) L'alcoolisme, l'hérédité et la question sociale (1895) Bruxellensia: Croquis artistiques et historiques (1896) Utilité des embellissements de Bruxelles: Nécessité de l'agrandissement territorial de la capital de la Belgique (1899)