1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
ASTRUC, JEAN (1684-1766), French physician and Biblical critic, was born on the i qth of March 1684 at Sauve, in Languedoc. ASTURA— ASTURIAS He graduated in medicine at Montpellier in 1703, and in 1710 he was appointed to the chair of anatomy at Toulouse, which he retained- till 1717, when he became professor of medicine at Montpellier. Subsequently he was appointed successively superintendent of the mineral waters of Languedoc (1721), first physician to the king of Poland (1729), and regius professor of medicine a…
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