Education
He received his medical doctorate degree (Doctor of Philosophy) from Leiden University in 1763, and worked as a general practitioner in The Hague.
anatomist physician Surgeon university professor
He received his medical doctorate degree (Doctor of Philosophy) from Leiden University in 1763, and worked as a general practitioner in The Hague.
He was fluent in Dutch, German, Swedish, and Italian. He became a professor of anatomy and surgery in 1771 at Leiden University. Sandifort translated Nils Rosén von Rosenstein"s Underrättelser om barn-sjukdomar och deras botemedel (The diseases of children, and their remedies) to Dutch in 1768.
German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences]
Sandifort was elected in 1768 as a foreign member of the Swedish Royal Academy of Sciences in Stockholm.