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Auger Ferrier (1513–1588) was a

French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...

physician, known also as an astrologer, poet, and interpreter of dreams.

Life

This house in Toulouse He was born near

Toulouse Toulouse ( , ; oc, Tolosa ) is the prefecture of the French department of Haute-Garonne and of the larger region of Occitania. The city is on the banks of the River Garonne, from the Mediterranean Sea, from the Atlantic Ocean and from Par ...

, and educated by his father, a surgeon. He studied medicine with the law and mathematics. He took a medical degree at the University of Montpellier in 1540, under Jean Schyron. He was particularly interested in

judicial astrology Judicial astrology is the art of forecasting events by calculation of the planetary and stellar bodies and their relationship to the Earth. The term "judicial astrology" was mainly used in the Middle Ages and early Renaissance to mean the types of ...

. He went to Paris, where he made his way rapidly. Cardinal Bertrand presented him to Catherine de Medici, who made him

physician in ordinary ''In ordinary'' is an English phrase with multiple meanings. In relation to the Royal Household, it indicates that a position is a permanent one. In naval matters, vessels "in ordinary" (from the 17th century) are those out of service for repair ...

. He was a success in Rome, also, and befriended Julius Caesar Scaliger. Settling finally in Toulouse, Ferrier fell into a sharp controversy with

Jean Bodin Jean Bodin (; c. 1530 – 1596) was a French jurist and political philosopher, member of the Parlement of Paris and professor of law in Toulouse. He is known for his theory of sovereignty. He was also an influential writer on demonology. Bodin l ...

, over his ''Six Livres de la République'', when Ferrier answered a slight in ''Avertissement à Jean Bodin sur le quatrième livre de sa République''. Aged 75, he died of an intestinal complaint.

Works

* ''De diebus decretoriis secundum Pythagoricam doctrinam et astronomicam observationem'', Leyden, 1541, 1549, in-16; reproduced on microfilm in the 1549 edition, Cambridge (Mass.), Omnisys, 1990, 153 p. * ''Remèdes préservatifs et curatifs de la peste'', Lyon, 1548, 93 p. * ''Liber de Somniis'', Leyden, 1549, in-16, with treatises of

Hippocrates Hippocrates of Kos (; grc-gre, Ἱπποκράτης ὁ Κῷος, Hippokrátēs ho Kôios; ), also known as Hippocrates II, was a Greek physician of the classical period who is considered one of the most outstanding figures in the history of ...

Galen Aelius Galenus or Claudius Galenus ( el, Κλαύδιος Γαληνός; September 129 – c. AD 216), often Anglicized as Galen () or Galen of Pergamon, was a Greek physician, surgeon and philosopher in the Roman Empire. Considered to be one of ...

and

Synesius Synesius (; el, Συνέσιος; c. 373 – c. 414), was a Greek bishop of Ptolemais in ancient Libya, a part of the Western Pentapolis of Cyrenaica after 410. He was born of wealthy parents at Balagrae (now Bayda, Libya) near Cyrene between ...

insomnia Insomnia, also known as sleeplessness, is a sleep disorder in which people have trouble sleeping. They may have difficulty falling asleep, or staying asleep as long as desired. Insomnia is typically followed by daytime sleepiness, low energy, ...

; republished in Toulouse, no date, 95 p. This was the longest treatment of dreams, in the Western European tradition, since Albertus Magnus.William Vernon Harris, ''Dreams and Experience in Classical Antiquity'' (2009), p. 88
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* ''Jugements astronomiques sur les nativités'', Lyon, 1550, 220 p.; Rouen, 1583, 248 p. * ''De Pudendagra, lue Hispanica, libri duo'', Toulouse, 1553, in-12, often reprinted; ''De Lue hispanica sive morbo gallico'', Paris, 1564, 122 p. On

syphilis Syphilis () is a sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium ''Treponema pallidum'' subspecies ''pallidum''. The signs and symptoms of syphilis vary depending in which of the four stages it presents (primary, secondary, latent, an ...

; * ''De radice chinœ liber, quo probatur diversam esse ab apio'', Toulouse, 1554, in-8° ; * ''Vera medendi methodus, duobus libris comprehensa. Castigationes medicinæ'', Toulouse, 1557, in-8°; Leyde ; 1574, 1602, in-8° ; * ''Advertissemens à M. Jean Bodin sur le quatriesme livre de sa République'', Paris, 1580, in-8°, 71 p.

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''Jugements astronomiques sur les nativités''
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