THEOPHRASTE See also:

• RENAUDOT, EUSEBE (1646-1720)
• THEOPHRASTE RENAUDOT (1586-1653)

RENAUDOT (1586-1653)  , See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French physician and philanthropist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• LOUDUN

Loudun (See also:

• VIENNA (Ger. Wien; Lat. Vindobona)
• VIENNA, CONGRESS OF (1814-1815)

Vienna), and studied See also:

• SURGERY
• SURGERY (Fr. chirurgie, from Gr. Xetpoupyfa, i.e. hand-work)

surgery in See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris . He was only nineteen when he received, by favour apparently, the degree of See also:

• DOCTOR (Lat. for " teacher ")

doctor at See also:

• MONTPELLIER

Montpellier . After some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time spent in travel he began to practise in his native See also:

• TOWN

town . In 1612 he was summoned to Paris by See also:

• RICHELIEU, ARMAND EMMANUEL SOPHIE SEPTEMANIE DU PLESSIS
• RICHELIEU, ARMAND JEAN DU PLESSIS
• RICHELIEU, LOUIS FRANCOIS ARMAND DU PLESSIS

Richelieu, partly because of his medical reputation, but more because of his philanthropy . He received the titles of physician and councillor to the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king, and was desired to organize a See also:

• SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)

scheme of public assistance . Many difficulties were put in his way, however, and he therefore returned until 1624 to See also:

• POITOU

Poitou, where Richelieu made him " See also:

• COMMISSARY (from Med. Lat. commissaries, one to whom a charge or trust is committed)

commissary See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general of the poor." It was six years before he was able to begin his See also:

• WORK

work in Paris by opening an See also:

• INFORMATION (from Lat. informare, to give shape or form to, to represent, describe)

information See also:

• BUREAU (a Fr. word from burel or bureau, a coarse cloth used for coverings)

bureau at the sign of the See also:

• GRAND

Grand Coq near the See also:

• PONT (or KYLPONT), ROBERT (1524–1606)

Pont See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

Saint-See also:

• MICHEL
• MICHEL, CLAUDE
• MICHEL, FRANCISQUE XAVIER (1809-1887)

Michel . This bureau d'adresse was labour bureau, intelligence See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department, See also:

• EXCHANGE

exchange and charity organization in one; and the sick were directed to doctors prepared to give them See also:

• FREE

free treatment . Presently he established a free dispensary in the See also:

• TEETH (O.E. Eel); plural of tooth, O.E. top)

teeth of the opposition of the See also:

• FACULTY (through the French, from the Lat. facultas, ability to do anything, from facilis, easy, facere, to do; another form of the word in Lat. facilitas, facility, ease, keeps the original meaning)

faculty in Paris . The Paris faculty refused to accept the new medicaments See also:

• PRO

pro-posed by the heretic from Montpellier, restricting themselves to the old prescriptions of See also:

• BLOOD

blood-letting and purgation . In addition to his bureau d'adresse Renaud established a See also:

• SYSTEM

system of lectures and debates on scientific subjects, the reports of which from 1633 to 1642 were published in 1651 with the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title Recueil See also:

• DES

des conferences publiques; Under the See also:

• PROTECTION

protection of Richelieu he started the first French newspaper, the See also:

• GAZETTE

Gazette (1631), which appeared weekly and contained See also:

• POLITICAL

political and See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign See also:

• NEWS

news . He also edited the Mercure See also:

• FRANCAIS, ANTOINE, COUNT (1756-1836)

francais and published all manner of reports and See also:

• PAMPHLETS

pamphlets . In 1637 he opened in Paris the first Mont de Piete, an institution of which he had seen the advantages in See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy .

In 1640 the medical faculty, headed by See also:

• GUY, THOMAS (1644–1724)

Guy Patin, started a See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign against the innovator of the Grand Coq . After the See also:

• DEATH

death of Richelieu and of See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis XIII. the victory of See also:

• RENAUDOT, EUSEBE (1646-1720)
• RENAUDOT, THEOPHRASTE (1586-1653)

Renaudot's enemies was practically certain . The See also:

• PARLEMENT (see PARLIAMENT)

parlement of Paris ordered him to return the letters patent for the See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of his bureau and his Mont de Piete, and refused to allow him to -practise See also:

• MEDICINE

medicine in Paris . The Gazette remained, and in 1646 Renaudot was appointed by See also:

• MAZARIN, JULES (1602-1661)

Mazarin historiographer to the king . During the first See also:

• FRONDE, THE

Fronde he had his See also:

• PRINTING (from Lat. imprimere, O. Fr. empreindre)

printing presses at Saint-Germain . He died on the 25th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1653 . His difficulties had been increased by his See also:

• PROTESTANT

Protestant opinions . His sons See also:

• ISAAC (Hebrew for " he laughs," on explanatory references to the name, see ABRAHAM)

Isaac (d . 1688) and Eusebe (d . 1699) were students for ten years before they could obtain their doctorates from the faculty . They carried on their See also:

• FATHER

father's work, and defended the virtues of See also:

• ANTIMONY (symbol Sb, atomic weight 120.2)

antimony, See also:

• LAUDANUM

laudanum and See also:

• QUININE

quinine against the See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools . See E .

Hatin, See also:

• THEODORE
• THEODORE (602-690)
• THEODORE (Fedor) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1741–1796)
• THEODORE (Rus. Fedor, or Feodor)

Theodore Renaudot (See also:

• POITIERS

Poitiers, 1883), and La Maison du Coq (Paris, 1885); Michel See also:

• EMERY (Ger. Smirgel)

Emery, Renaudot et l'introduction de la medication chimique (Paris, 1889) ; and G . Bonnefont, Un Oublie . Theophraste Renaudot (See also:

• LIMOGES

Limoges, n.d.) .