Background
Du Laurens was born in Tarascon and was rector of the medical school at Montpellier.
Du Laurens was born in Tarascon and was rector of the medical school at Montpellier.
He was physician to King Henry IV. His 1594 book comprising four "discourses"—first written in French, not Latin—was an early attempt at scientific communication. lieutenant was translated into English by Richard Surphlet in 1599. His Historia anatomica underwent many editions.
Apologia pro Galeno et impugnatio novæ ac falsæ demonstrationis de communione vasorum cordis in foetu (1595) De crisibus libri tres (1596) Historia anatomica humani corporis.
Paris (1600)1602 edition on Google Books L’histoire anatomique en laquelle toutes les parties du corps humain sont amplement déclarées enrichie de controverses et observations nouvelles, translated by Francois Size. Paris: Jean Bertault (1610) Historia anatomica: controuersiis, obseruationibus et posterioribus curis authoris adornata (1650)—With additions by Lazare Meyssonnier.
Complete works.