Pierre Tarin
Encyclopedia
Pierre Tarin was a French
doctor
and a writer
, translator, born in Courtenay
. He is best known for his contributions to Encyclopédie
by Diderot
and D'Alembert
.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
doctor
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
and a writer
Writer
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, translator, born in Courtenay
Courtenay, Loiret
Courtenay is a commune in the Loiret department in north-central France.*Région: Centre*Département: Loiret *Arrondissement: Arrondissement of Montargis*Canton: Canton of Courtenay*INSEE code: 45115*Postal code: 45320...
. He is best known for his contributions to Encyclopédie
Encyclopédie
Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers was a general encyclopedia published in France between 1751 and 1772, with later supplements, revised editions, and translations. It was edited by Denis Diderot and Jean le Rond d'Alembert...
by Diderot
Denis Diderot
Denis Diderot was a French philosopher, art critic, and writer. He was a prominent person during the Enlightenment and is best known for serving as co-founder and chief editor of and contributor to the Encyclopédie....
and D'Alembert
Jean le Rond d'Alembert
Jean-Baptiste le Rond d'Alembert was a French mathematician, mechanician, physicist, philosopher, and music theorist. He was also co-editor with Denis Diderot of the Encyclopédie...
.
Publications
- Problemata anatomica, utrum inter arterias mesentericas, venasqne lacteas, immediatum datur commercium, Parisiis , 1748. in-8°.
- Anthropotomie, ou l’art de disséquer, Paris, 1750, deux vol. in-12.
- Adversaria anatomica, Parisiis, 1750, in-8°, avec figures.
- Démosgraphie, ou description des ligaments du corps humain, Paris, 1752, in-8°.
- Éléments de physiologie traduits du latin de Haller, Paris, 1752,in-8°.
- Dictionnaire anatomique, suivi d’une Bibliothèque anatomique et physiologique, Paris, 1753, in-4°.
- Ostéographie , ou description des os de l’adulte, du fœtus, etc. Paris, 1753, in-4°.
- Myographie ou description des muscles, Paris, 1753, in-4°.
- Observations de médecine et de chirurgie, Paris, 1755, 3 vol. in-12.