Jean Fernel And Amboise Paré Medal
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Title
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Jean Fernel And Amboise Paré Medal
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Description
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Bronze. France 1798, Signed. Posthumous. This medal commemorates the reunion of physicians and surgeons, and the organization of the three medical schools of Paris, Montpellier, and Strassburg by Fernel and Paré.
Obverse: Two accolated busts facing to right, both clothed, Fernel wearing cap; around, JEAN FERNEL • AMBROISE PARE • ; in exergue, in four parallel lines, LA MEDCINE RENDUE A SON / UNITÉ PRIMITIVE. / DÉCRET DU 14 FRIMAIRERE. / AN III DE LA R.F. ; to left of the busts, GATTEAUX.
Reverse: ÉCOLE DE MÉDECINE DE PARIS. ; in four parallel lines, PRIX/ DEL’ECOLE / PRATIQVE / AN VI. Exergue, Staff of Aesculapius, prone to right.
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Creator
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Nicolas Marie Gatteaux
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Date
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1798
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Extent
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60 mm
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Medium
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Bronze
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Coverage
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France
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Language
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French
