Dr. Augustin Cabanès (30 April 1862 – 5 May 1928) was a French medical doctor, historian and writer of numerous works of fiction and history. He was known for his books on historical medical mysteries.
He studied medicine in
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and Paris, defending his doctorate in 1889 with a thesis involving ''
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''. As a physician, he was associated with the ''Préfecture de la Seine''. In 1894, he founded ''Chronique médicale'', a popular journal dealing with unpublished articles on the health of literary and historical figures.
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by International Society of Military Collectors
Partial list of works
* ''Marat inconnu; l'homme privé, le médecin, le savant'' (1891)
* ''Le cabinet secret de l'histoire'', (1897), "Secret Cabinet of History Peeped into By a Doctor".
* "Curious Bypaths of History: Being Medico-Historical Studies and Observations" (1898)
* ''Balzac ignoré'' (1899)
* ''Les Morts mysterieuses de l'histoire'' (1900)
* ''Les indiscrétions de l'histoire'' (1900)
* ''Mœurs intimes du passé'' (1900)
* ''Les curiosités de la médecine'' (1900)
* ''La névrose révolutionnaire'' (1906)
* ''Au chevet de l'empereur'' (1924)
* ''Les cinq sens'' (1926)
* ''Dans les coulisses de l'histoire'' (1929).
References
External links
*
French Wikisource
(list of publications).
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1862 births
1928 deaths
20th-century French historians
People from Lot (department)
French male non-fiction writers
French medical writers
19th-century French historians
19th-century French physicians