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Nicolas de Blégny (1652 – 1722) was a French essayist, historian and "The Minor Prophets Of Surgery"
''The British Medical Journal'', vol. 2, no. 1353 (December 4, 1886), pp. 1108-1109. Accessed via JSTOR, 10 September 2018. He also published ''Le livre commode des adresses de Paris pour 1692'' under the pseudonym Abraham du Pradel. He was arrested in 1693 for some wrongdoing and died in disgrace in 1722 in
''Nouvelles découvertes sur toutes les parties de la médecine'', Paris. 1679
''La Doctrine des Rapports de Chirurgie'', Lyon, at Thomas Amaulry and Denis Nion's widow. 1684. Very rare. 1684
''L'Esprit des autres''. 5th edition reworked and expanded. 1 vol. in-18.
Le Livre commode des Adresses de Paris
', 2 volumes. 1691
''Secrets concernant la beauté et la santé'', published in Paris by Laurent d'Houry and at Denis Nion's widow. 1688
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Nicolas de Blégny (1652 – 1722) was a French essayist, historian and barber surgeon
The barber surgeon, one of the most common European medical practitioners of the Middle Ages, was generally charged with caring for soldiers during and after battle. In this era, surgery was seldom conducted by physicians, but instead by barbers ...
. He was appointed surgeon of Queen Maria Theresa of Spain
Maria Theresa of Spain ( es, María Teresa de Austria; french: Marie-Thérèse d'Autriche; 10 September 1638 – 30 July 1683) was Queen of France from 1660 to 1683 as the wife of King Louis XIV. She was born an Infanta of Spain and Portugal a ...
in 1678, then physician of King Louis XIV
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, father = Louis XIII
, mother = Anne of Austria
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, birth_place = Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
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, death_place = Palace of Vers ...
in 1682.
He published many works, which earned him some violent reviews, on various medical subjects and on coffee, tea and chocolate, such as ''Le bon usage du thé, du caffé et du chocolat pour la preservation & pour la guerison des maladies'' in 1662.
He was also the founder of the first medical journal, the ''Nouvelles découvertes sur toutes les parties de la médecine'', as early as 1679, though to begin with it simply reported the transactions of his society, the Academy of Recent Discoveries in Medicine. They were published after three years as a collection, ''Zodiacus Medico-Gallicus''.''The British Medical Journal'', vol. 2, no. 1353 (December 4, 1886), pp. 1108-1109. Accessed via JSTOR, 10 September 2018. He also published ''Le livre commode des adresses de Paris pour 1692'' under the pseudonym Abraham du Pradel. He was arrested in 1693 for some wrongdoing and died in disgrace in 1722 in
Avignon
Avignon (, ; ; oc, Avinhon, label=Provençal dialect, Provençal or , ; la, Avenio) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Vaucluse Departments of France, department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Regions of France, region of So ...
. He was the brother of , a rather famous .
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Books by this author
''L'Art de guérir les maladies vénériennes'', Paris, at the author and Jean Dhoury. 1677''Nouvelles découvertes sur toutes les parties de la médecine'', Paris. 1679
''La Doctrine des Rapports de Chirurgie'', Lyon, at Thomas Amaulry and Denis Nion's widow. 1684. Very rare. 1684
''L'Esprit des autres''. 5th edition reworked and expanded. 1 vol. in-18.
Le Livre commode des Adresses de Paris
', 2 volumes. 1691
''Secrets concernant la beauté et la santé'', published in Paris by Laurent d'Houry and at Denis Nion's widow. 1688
Books about this author
* J. Tellier, ''Un aventurier médical au XVIIe: Nicolas de Blégny'', Paris, Louis Arnette, 1932, 8°, 68 p. Thesis. * Paris, Bibliothèque inter-universitaire de pharmacie, Archives, Carton N / Affaires concernant Nicolas de Blégny, médecin du Roy. * Albert G. Nicholls, "Nicolas de Blégny and the first medical periodical", ''The Canadian Medical Association Journal'', August 1934, (pp. 198-202). * Jules Guiart, "La Chronique du Fureteur : Nicolas de Blégny, créateur du journalisme médical", in ''Le Fureteur Médical'', n° 1, January 1944References
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