Johann Ludwig Choulant (12 November 1791 – 18 July 1861) was a German physician from the Kingdom of Saxony who was a professor of Medicine at Dresdenmedical historian and contributed to the study of the history of medicine. He was the father of architect Ludwig Theodor Choulant (1827–1900). He trained initially in pharmacy before shifting to medicine. A student of classical languages, he examined old works on medicine and produced an influential history of medical illustration which was translated into English by Mortimer Frank and others in 1920.
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