André du Laurens

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André du Laurens

André du Laurens (December 9, 1558 – August 6, 1609) was a French physician.

Biography

Du Laurens was born in Tarascon[1] and was rector of the medical school at Montpellier.[2] He was physician to King Henry IV.

His 1594 book comprising four "discourses"—first written in French, not Latin—was an early attempt at scientific communication.[3] It was translated into English by Richard Surphlet in 1599.[2][4]

His Historia anatomica underwent many editions.

One of his brothers, Honoré du Laurens (1564-1612), was archbishop of Embrun.

Bibliography

Selection

Complete works

References

  1. ^ Jeanne du Laurens, p. 41
  2. ^ a b Thiher, Chapter 3
  3. ^ Évelyne Berriot-Salvadore, p. 247
  4. ^ Italian translation by Giovanni Germano in 1626 (SUDOC record). Latin translation by Johann Theodor Schönlein, 1618
  5. ^ Nicolas Joseph François Éloy, "Du Laurens (André)", p. 108. Dictionnaire historique de la médecine ancienne et moderne, vol. 2, Mons:Hoyois (1778)
  6. ^ Du Laurens, André; Suciu, Radu, ed., Discours des maladies mélancoliques. Klincksieck, 2012
  7. ^ SUDOC record
  8. ^ Refer to Galen's book with the same title.
  9. ^ A preliminary version, Opera anatomica, was published in 1593. (On Google Books)
  10. ^ Correspondence between the translator and the author and following pages.
  • Berriot-Salvadore, Évelyne (2008), "Les œuvres françaises d'André Dulaurens", Esculape et Dionysos. Mélanges en l'honneur de Jean Céard, Genève: Droz, p. 243–254.
  • Du Laurens, Jeanne (1868), de Ribbe, Charles (ed.), Une famille au XVIe siècle (3rd ed.), Paris: Joseph Albanel—Jeanne is André's sister.
  • Thiher, Allen (2005), Revels in Madness: Insanity in Medicine and Literature, University of Michigan Press, ISBN 0-472-08999-4
  • Wear, A. (1983), "William Harvey and the “way of the anatomists”", History of Science, 21, p. 227–230

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