Garencières, Theophilus (1610–c. 1680), physician, was born in Paris. After mastering the primer he was made to read The Prophecies of Nostradamus, and retained a love for them throughout his life. He graduated MD at Caen in Normandy in 1636. Garencières came to ...
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Garencières, Theophilus (1610–c. 1680), physician
Norman Moore
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Scharpe, George (c. 1583–1638), physician
J. G. Alger
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Scharpe, George (c. 1583–1638), physician, was born in Scotland, and studied medicine at Montpellier University, France. He graduated there in 1607, published his thesis, Quaestiones medicae, in 1617, and in 1619 was the successful candidate out of eleven applicants for the chair of medicine left vacant by the death of ...
