Louis Duret
Louis Duret (1527 – 22 January 1586) was a French physician to Charles IX of France and his brother Henry III of France as their chief physician.[1][2]
Early life
Duret was born in
Adult
Duret studied medicine under the training of Jacques Houllier and Jacques Dubois. He studied the medicine field with much vigor with his skills of the languages he knew, which proved helpful in his new career of medicine. He soon occupied a position at the Collège de France. His excellent reputation spread rapidly. He became a professor and ultimately taught at this college, a position he held for eighteen years (1568–1586).[2]
Philosophically, he was firmly attached to
Family genealogy
Duret's father was Jean Duret. He had a son, Charles Duret, that was superintendent of finance. He also had another son, Jean Duret (1563–1629), who was physician to
Surname
Sometimes in Old French the source says the spelling of his surname is "Duket".[5]
Death
Duret died in Paris on 22 January 1586.[4]
Works
- Adversaria, enarrationes et scholia in Jac. Hollerii opera practica, et scholia in ejusdem librum de morbis internis, Paris, 1571.[4]
Legacy
His most famous work is the unpublished commentary on Hippocrates in 1588.[6]
- Hippocratis magni Coacæ prœnotiones ; opus admirabile in tres libros distributum, interprete et enarratore L. Dureto Segusiano.[4]
His son Jean Duret finished the work and published it in 1631 as:
- In magni Hippocratis librum de humoribus purgandis et in libros tres diæta acutorum, L. Dureti Segisiani commentarii interpretatione et enarratione insignes, Paris, J. Jost, 1631 (comments dictated in 1565 – 1566).[2][4]
References
- ^ Thomas 2010, p. 817.
- ^ a b c d e Michaud & Michaud 1814, p. 366-368.
- ^ Michaud & Michaud 1814, p. 366-367.
- ^ a b c d e f g Chalmers, Alexander (1812). Louis Duret (1527–1629). Vol. 12. London: Nichols, Son & Bentley. p. 517. Retrieved 16 June 2013.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ Chalmers 1813, p. 517.
- ^ Chalmers 1813, p. 518.
Bibliography
- Google books.
- Michaud, Louis Gabriel; Michaud, Joseph Fr. (1814). Biographie universelle, ancienne et moderne. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
- Thomas, Joseph (1 January 2010). The Universal Dictionary of Biography and Mythology, Clu-hys. Cosimo, Inc. ISBN 978-1-61640-071-2. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
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