Elias Rudolph Camerarius Sr. (1641–1695) was a professor of medicine who notably wrote books on the palpitations of the heart, pleurisy, skull fractures, and the use of medicinal plants.

Elias Rudolph Camerarius Sr.
Elias Rudolph Camerarius ca. 1690.
Born	May 7, 1641 Tübingen
Died	June 7, 1695 Tübingen
Nationality	German
Alma mater	University of Tübingen
Scientific career
Fields	Physician
Institutions	University of Tübingen
Doctoral advisor	Georg Balthasar Metzger
Doctoral students	Rudolf Jakob Camerarius
Notes
He is the father of Elias Rudolph Camerarius Jr. and Rudolf Jakob Camerarius.

He obtained his Doctor of Medicine (MD) in 1663 at the University of Tübingen.

References

• Elias Rudolph Camerarius Sr. at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
• Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Duncker & Humblot, 1967-1971 Reprint, vol. 3, p. 719.
• Biographisches Lexikon der hervorragenden Ärzte, Urban & Schwarzenberg, 1962, vol. 1, p. 808.
• Michaud Biographie Universelle, (2nd Ed.), Delagrabe, 1843–1865, vol. 6, p. 474.