Jean Fernel(1497-1558) earned a medical degree at the College of Sainte-Barbe in Paris in 1530. In 1534, he was appointed Professor of Medicine in Paris. His most famous work, Universa Medicina (1554), included chapters on physiology (a term Fernel introduced), pathology, and therapeutics. He described appendicitis with autopsy verification. Fernel also wrote about astronomy and mathematics. He served as obstetrician to Catherine de’Medici (1519-1589), Queen of France (1547-1559), who was the wife of King Henry II.
- Medal
Bronze. France 1822. Signed. Posthumous.
- Size
41 mm
- Artist
Alexis Joseph Depaulis (1790-1867) French medallist Alexis Joseph Depaulis (1790-1867) French medallist from Paris. Studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, creator of numerous medals and winner of medal awards, decorated with the Legion of Honour. (Forrer 1, 557)
- Obverse
Clothed bust to left, wearing cap and coat with fur collar; in a curve at left and right, JEAN FERNEL; below truncation at right, DEPAULIS∙ F∙
- Reverse
In the field, NÉ / A CLERMONT / PRÈS BEAUVAIS / EN M.CCCC.XCVII. / MORT/ EN M.D.LVIII. in six parallel lines; below an exergue mark, GALERIE METALLIQUE / DES GRANDS HOMMES FRANÇAIS. ; below a shorter mark, 1822.
- Ref
Freeman 170; Storer 1023; Duisburg CXVI-1; Nilsson 203
