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Rev Med Brux. 2017;38(5):449-452.
Why the name "Erasmus" for an hospital ? Apart for local circumstances, there are far more obvious reasons for this choice. Erasmus was in close contact with the medical world. Indeed, he suffered all his life from more or less severe diseases and had therefore frequent contacts with doctors. Also, the ideas he was defending stood for the principle of free inquiry before its time. For these various reasons giving the name « Erasmus » to the university clinics of the Free University of Brussels (ULB) was a judicious choise.
为什么一家医院要叫“伊拉斯谟”这个名字呢？除了当地的情况外，做出这个选择还有更明显的原因。伊拉斯谟与医学界关系密切。事实上，他一生都或多或少地遭受着严重疾病的折磨，因此经常与医生接触。此外，他所捍卫的思想在当时代表着自由探究的原则。出于这些种种原因，将布鲁塞尔自由大学（ULB）的大学诊所命名为“伊拉斯谟”是一个明智的选择。
