fjt_04893 - FACULTÉ DE MÉDECINE DE PARIS POURFOUR DUPETIT 1782
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Type : POURFOUR DUPETIT
Date: 1782
Metal : silver
Diameter : 28 mm
Orientation dies : 6 h.
Edge : cannelée
Rarity : R2
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Obverse
Obverse legend : ST. POURFOUR. DUPETIT. PARIS. FAC. MED. PAR. DEC.
Obverse description : Buste à droite de Pourfour Dupetit signé DUVIV.
Reverse
Reverse legend : PRO REGE REGNO ET UNIVERSIT. PARIS ; À L'EXERGUE : PRECES FUND. 1782.
Reverse description : Hygiè debout à gauche, sacrifiant sur un autel allumé.
Reverse translation : Pour le Roi, le Royaume et l'Université de Paris.
Commentary
Pourfour fut spécialiste d'anatomie et oculiste ainsi qu'avocat au parlement. Il donna son nom à un syndrome que nous trouvons signalé à http://www.alrf.asso.fr/site/techniques/mbrsup/b_bis.htm.
Historical background
FACULTÉ DE MÉDECINE DE PARIS
The Faculty of Medicine of Paris is one of the four components of the University of Paris, with the Faculty of Theology, the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Arts and Letters. In 1789, it consisted of one hundred and fifty-two doctors, seven of whom were appointed to teach materia medica, physiology, pathology, pharmacy, childbirth, French surgery and Latin surgery. It was headed by a dean, who was also responsible for forming the University tribunal with the deans of Theology and Law, and the four prosecutors of the Faculty of Arts..
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