Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 387

ANDRE DULAURENS (1558-1609) Historia anatomica humani corporis et singularum eius partium multis controversys & observationibus novis illustrata. Apud Matthaeum Beckerum, impensis Theodorici de Brii viduae & duorum filiorum [1599] [23] 442 [28] pp., illus. 30.7 cm.

A graduate of Montpellier, Du Laurens succeeded Laurent Joubert as professor in 1586 and later as chancellor of the faculty. He taught at Montpellier until 1598 when he was called to Paris as court physician. In this position he eventually became personal physician to Marie de Medici and King Henry IV. This work became very popular and went through a number of editions. It remains as one of the more important anatomical texts of the late sixteenth century. Although the book contains many illustrations, few of the plates are taken from Du Laurens' own observations as he took most of his figures from Vesalius, Valverde, Coiter, and others.

Cited references: Choulant-Frank, p. 222; Cushing D311; Durling 1313; Osler 3174; Waller 2629; Wellcome 1935

Gift of John Martin, M.D.