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expedient also failing, he went again to Paris in order 

 to improve his knowledge of the Greek language, and, 

 being unwilling to burden his brother any longer, 

 became tutor to a young nobleman. Some time af- 

 ter, he removed to Maringues, in Auvergne, where 

 he again entered upon practice, and in 1537 re- 

 ceived a medical degree at Montpellier. The fol- 

 lowing year he married a young lady endowed with 

 many estimable qualities, but destitute of fortune ; 

 and, as his brother was dead, this alliance increased 

 his difficulties. However, he settled finally at the 

 place of his birth ; and, being assisted by his wife's 

 sister, began to extend his acquaintance, and suc- 

 ceeded so well in his profession, that, in 1545, he 

 was appointed professor of medicine in the uni- 

 versity. 



He also obtained the office of physician to the 

 Cardinal of Tournon, whom he accompanied on 

 his missions in France, Italy, and the Low Coun- 

 tries, of which occasions he eagerly availed himself 

 to increase his knowledge of natural history. Re- 

 turning once more to his usual place of residence he 

 established an anatomical theatre, at which he lec- 

 tured several hours daily to a numerous audience. 

 His passion for dissection was so strong, that he 

 opened one of his own children after death, and 

 this circumstance has naturally enough given rise to 

 the opinion, that he must have been a man destitute 

 of sensibility ; which, however^ does not appear to 

 have been the case. His wife having died in 1560, he 

 soon procured another, poor and handsome like the 

 first. While on a journey to Toulouse he was at- 

 tacked by dysentery, occasioned by eating too many 

 figs, and he died at Realmont, whither he had gone 



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