, born of a noble family at Beaug6-laville, in Brescia, then belonging
, born of a noble family at Beaug6-laville, in Brescia, then belonging to the duke of Savoy, in
1527, was among the most famous physicians of his time,
and practised his art at Paris with great reputation, during
the reigns of Charles IX. and Henry III. to whom he was
physician in ordinary. He came to Paris very young,
without money or friends, yet soon acquired distinction in
his studies of the belles Jettres and medicine, and when
he had taken his doctor’s degree in the latter faculty, acquired great practice; a very advantageous marriage served
to introduce him at court, and to the appointment of
professor of medicine. Henry Til who had a singular esteem
and affection for him, granted him a pension of four hundred crowns of gold, with survivance to his five sons; and,
as a mark of his condescension, was present at the marriage of his daughter, to whom he made presents to a considerable amount. Duret died Jan. 22, 1586, at the age
of fifty-nine. He was firmly attached to the doctrine of
Hippocrates, and treated medicine in the manner of the
ancients. Of several books that he left, the most esteemed
is a “Commentaire sur les Coaques d'Hippocrate,
” Paris,
Hippocratis
magni Coacte praenotiones: opus admirabile, in tres libros
distributum, interprete et enarratore L. Dureto.
” John
Duret followed his father’s profession with great success,
and died in 1629., aged sixty-six.