Renaudot and the First French Newspaper and Medical Journal

The first French newspaper was founded in 1631 by Th éophraste Renaudot, a physician and great humanitarian. Renaudot was graduated from the medical school at Montpellier in 1606 before he had reached his twentieth year. He had inherited a considerable fortune from his parents. “Recognizing the fact that a physician should be of a certain age befor e he can reasonably expect to command the confidence of his fellow men,” Buck says, “he decided to utilize the time following his graduation in visiting some of the more important capitals of Europe.” Renaudot visited Italy, Holland, Belgium, Oxford and Cambridge, and on his return to France t ook up the study of chemistry.
Source: JAMA - Category: General Medicine Source Type: research