Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 178

JACQUES DUBOIS (1478-1555) De febribus commentarius ex libris aliquot Hippocratis & Galeni. Apud Petrum Drouart 1554 91 pp. 27.7 cm.

A most able anatomist and one often quoted both by contemporaries and by medical men for many years to follow, Dubois (also known as Jacobus Sylvius) was Vesalius' teacher at the University of Paris. He was a staunch Galenist and, when Vesalius cast open doubt on much of Galenic "law," Dubois turned on his former pupil, denounced him, and thus caused Vesalius some of the unhappiness which was later to accumulate to such a great degree. This commentary on Hippocrates' and Galen's teachings concerning fevers was one of the author's better known and most frequently printed works.

Cited references: Durling 1237; Osler 203 (1556 ed.); Waller 2582 (1555 ed.); Wellcome 6177 (1555 ed.)

Gift of John Martin, M.D.