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Abstract
Letters written to Hecquet, mostly in French, and notes written by Hecquet, mostly in Latin, and a biography of Hecquet.
Dates
- Creation: 1701-1889
Extent
0.21 Linear Feet (1 box)
Creator
- Hecquet, Philippe, 1661-1737 (Person)
Physical Location
Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine
Language of Materials
Collection materials primarily in English
Restrictions
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Biographical Note
Hecquet received his early medical education at Rheims and initially practiced in his home town of Abbeville, France. In 1697 he earned his M.D. at the Faculte de Medecine de Paris, which selected him as a doyen in 1712. Hecquet was involved in the medical debate over the causes of digestion. Some maintained it was a chemical process while others, including Hecquet, believed it to be a mechanical one. He delineated his position in the 1712 publication Traite de digestion.
Collection Summary
Contains letters from Nicolas Andry de Boisregard, Giorgio Baglivi, Giovanni Battista Bianchi, Boudin, Jean Bouillet, Drayet, Gilles, Michael Friedrich Lochner, Archibald Pitcairne, Henri Joseph Rega, Carlo R. Ricca, Mariano Seguer, Francesco Torti, Antonio Vallisnieri, and John Thomas Woolhouse. Includes draft of letter from Hecquet to Seguer, and about 80 pages of medical notes. Printed matter contains Hecquet-- sa vie, ses oeuvres / Jules Roger. Paris, 1889.
Abstract
Letters written to Hecquet, mostly in French, and notes written by Hecquet, mostly in Latin, and a biography of Hecquet.
Physical Location
Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine
General
- Processed by
- HMD Staff
- Processing Completed
- 2004
- Encoded by
- Jim Labosier
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Philippe Hecquet Correspondence and Medical Notes1701-1889
- Status
- Unverified Partial Draft
- Author
- HMD Staff
- Date
- 2004
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is written in English
- Edition statement
- 1.0
Collecting Area Details
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