Martin Akakia Explained

Martin Akakia (1497–1551) was a physician of King Francis I of France.[1] [2] He was born at Châlons-en-Champagne, his real name being Aquaquia.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Kusukawa . Sachiko . Transmitting Knowledge: Words, Images, and Instruments in Early Modern Europe . Maclean . Ian . 2006 . Oxford University Press . 978-0-19-928878-6 . en.
  2. Book: Witkowski, Gustave Jules . The Evil that Has Been Said of Doctors: Extracts from Early Writers, Collated from "Le Mal Qu'on a Dit Des Medecins". . 1889 . Reprint from the Lancet-clinic . 76 . en.