Pierre Cressé Explained

Pierre Cressé (1632 - 1714)^[1] was a 17th-century French physician during the reign of Louis XIV.

Biography

He was related to Molière's mother, Marie Cressé (1601-1632).^{[1] [2]}

In 1657 he defended a thesis on the mineral waters of Passy and of Forges-les-Eaux^[3] and another thesis on the effect of tea on gout.^[4]

An ardent galenist and defender of finalism in medicine, he practised as a French: docteur regent^[5] at the Faculty of Medicine in Paris.

On 31 July 1671, the King Louis XIV appointed François Cureau de La Chambre as a demonstrator operator of the interior of plants^[6] of the Botanical Garden (Jardin des Plantes). Too busy with his duties, François Cureau de La Chambre appointed Pierre Cressé, to read the lectures, while the surgeon Pierre Dionis performed the actual dissections.^{[7] [8]}

He engaged in a lively dispute with Guillaume Lamy over anatomical treatises, notably concerning the seat of the human soul.^[9]

Notes and References

1. Miller . Elizabeth Maxfield . 1957 . Molière, l'Affaire Cressé, and le Médecin Fouetté et le Barbier Cocu . PMLA . 72 . 5 . 854–862 . 10.2307/460366 . 460366 . 163887893 . 0030-8129.
2. Book: Revue politique et littéraire: revue bleue . 1872 . Bureau des revues . 1119 . fr.
3. Guitard . Eugène-Humbert . 1953 . Paris, station thermale : Jacques-J. Cornu, Contribution à l'histoire de la pharmacie . Revue d'Histoire de la Pharmacie . 41 . 136 . 16–17.
4. Web site: Krug . Coline . 2020 . Une nouveauté en Europe aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles : l'usage médical et social du thé, d'après la littérature savante d'Ancien Régime . 2022-01-04.
5. Title formerly given to doctors who were professors in theology, law or medicine of Paris.
6. French: Démonstrateur opérateur pour l’intérieur des plantes

   the composition of the medicines was associated with the "interior of the plants".

7. Dureau, Alexis . Congrès international de médecine . 2016-02-22 . Paris-médical: Assistance et enseignement . fr . Ligaran . 978-2-335-15566-2.
8. Guerrini . Anita . 2003-12-01 . Duverney's Skeletons . Isis . 94 . 4 . 577–603 . 10.1086/386383 . 15077533 . 27889264 . 0021-1753.
9. Web site: Guillaume LAMY . 2022-01-04 . www.medarus.org.