Charles Bouvard

Charles Bouvard (* 1572 in Montoire-sur-le-Loir , † October 22, 1658 in Paris ) was a French doctor.

Live and act

Bouvard was the son of a doctor. He would be an orphan early. In Angers he studied philosophy and finally law for two years. He then went to Paris, where he conducted medical studies for seven years, focusing on anatomy and medical botany. On December 16, 1604 he defended the thesis "An mulieri quam viro Venus aptior", on April 28 and November 17, 1604 two further theses with the titles: "An declinante morbo sanitas" and "An epilepsia post vigesimum-quintum annum sanabilis ”. On May 20, 1606 he received his doctorate. In 1625 he was appointed professor at the College Royale. From 1627 to 1643 he was " the king's supreme doctor (Premier médecin du roi)" and at the same time " supervisor of the royal garden ".

In jest, and to make him look ridiculous, Nicolas Amelot de La Houssaye (1634-1706) wrote in his "Mémoir" that Bouvard, when he was the king's chief physician, gave the king 215 remedies in one year, 212 I prescribed enemas and 47 bloodlots . One could therefore claim that the young king "went through medical courses in all their possible forms."

Works

Historicae hodiernae medicinae rationalis veritatis ΛΟΓΟΣ ΠΡΟΤΡΕΠΤΙΚΟΣ. Ad rationales medicos. Without indication of place, without indication of time [1635?] (Digitized version)

literature

Amédée Dechambre . Dictionnaire encyclopédique des sciences médicales . Volume 10, BLE - BRO. G. Masson and P. Asselin, Paris 1869, p. 419 (digitized version)
Dictionnaire des sciences médicales. Biography médicale . Tome 2, Panckoucke, Paris 1820, pp. 477–478 (digitized version )

Ernst Julius Gurlt and August Hirsch . Biographical lexicon of the outstanding doctors of all times and peoples. Volume I, Urban & Schwarzenberg, Vienna and Leipzig 1884, p. 546 (digitized version)

Pierre Sue. Notice et extrait raisonné d'un livre de médecine devenu si rare qu'on n'en connaît que deux ou trois exemplaires, avec des notes historiques, littéraires et critiques, par P. Sue, ... Migneret, Paris 1807 (digital copy )

Individual evidence

^ Abraham Nicolas Amelot de la Houssaye (1634–1706). Mémoires historiques, politiques, critiques et littéraires. Zacharias Chatelain, Amsterdam 1737, Volume II, pp. 193–194 (digitized version )

↑ Pierre Sue. Notice et extrait raisonné d'un livre de médecine devenu si rare qu'on n'en connaît que deux ou trois exemplaires, avec des notes historiques, littéraires et critiques, par P. Sue, ... Migneret, Paris 1807, p. 8 (digitized version)

personal data
SURNAME	Bouvard, Charles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	French doctor
DATE OF BIRTH	1572
PLACE OF BIRTH	Montoire-sur-le-Loir
DATE OF DEATH	October 22, 1658
Place of death	Paris

[1] Abraham Nicolas Amelot de la Houssaye (1634–1706). Mémoires historiques, politiques, critiques et littéraires. Zacharias Chatelain, Amsterdam 1737, Volume II, pp. 193–194 (digitized version )

[2] Pierre Sue. Notice et extrait raisonné d'un livre de médecine devenu si rare qu'on n'en connaît que deux ou trois exemplaires, avec des notes historiques, littéraires et critiques, par P. Sue, ... Migneret, Paris 1807, p. 8 (digitized version)