, a French surgeon under Henry IV. in whose service he was employed
, a French surgeon under Henry
IV. in whose service he was employed about 1590, attended
that prince in the wars of Dauphiny, Savoy, Languedoc,
and Normandy; and at Mothe-Frelon saved his life by
bleeding him judiciously, in a fever brought on by fatigue.
In consequence of this, he gained the full confidence of
the king, and was made his chief surgeon. He was the
author of a work entitled “L‘Apologie pour les Chirurgiens, centre ceux qui publient qu’ils ne doivent se meler
de remettre les os rompus et demis.
” He wrote also,
“Paradoxes on the practice of Surgery,
” in which some
modern improvements are anticipated. His works are
printed, with the surgery of Philip de Flesselle, at Paris,
in 1635, 12mo.