Annals of medical history . dical Museum at Washingtonwhich has no less than 91 of these rare je-tons. From 1638 to 1793 there were in all 65Deans. Philippe Harduyn, who was Deanfrom 1636 to 1638, was the first to be hon-ored with a jeton of the new model. Thejeton shows on the obverse the coat of i55 156 Annals of Medical History arms of Harduyn with the legend: DecanoM. Philip. Harduyno de Sainct Jacque. Onthe reverse is the coat of arms of the Medi-cal Faculty of Paris, viz.: three storks in arow turned to the left, each one with alaurel branch in his beak. The inscription is:Urbi et Orbi S
Annals of medical history . dical Museum at Washingtonwhich has no less than 91 of these rare je-tons. From 1638 to 1793 there were in all 65Deans. Philippe Harduyn, who was Deanfrom 1636 to 1638, was the first to be hon-ored with a jeton of the new model. Thejeton shows on the obverse the coat of i55 156 Annals of Medical History arms of Harduyn with the legend: DecanoM. Philip. Harduyno de Sainct Jacque. Onthe reverse is the coat of arms of the Medi-cal Faculty of Paris, viz.: three storks in arow turned to the left, each one with alaurel branch in his beak. The inscription is:Urbi et Orbi Salus. In exergue: Paris. 1638. AH the early jetonsshow merely the coat of arms of the retir-ing Dean on one side and on the other thecoat of arms of the Medical Faculty. Guy Patin (1602-1672) was the first toplace his own effigy on the obverse insteadof his coat of arms. He was Dean from 1650to 1652. The jeton shows Patins head tothe right with the legend: M. Guy PatinDoien. 1652. In exergue: Felix Qui The M. stands for Maitre (Magister). Inthe Middle Ages, the Medicinae Doctorescalled themselves Magistri in medicinaand the Deans of the Paris Medical Fac-ulty retained this ancient title long after ithad been abandoned by the medical pro-fession. Felix Qui Potuit is the begin-ning of a passage in Virgils The reverse shows the usual three storksof the Paris Medical Faculty. Patin ischiefly known by his Letlres, which werepublished in 1713. He was not an originatorof new ideas,—he even opposed Harveysgreat discovery,—but he was a man of anindependent mind, he despised the hollow-ness and formalism of his time and merci-lessly exposed the weaknesses of his con-temporaries. Felix qui potuit rcrum cognoscere causasAtque mctus omnes et inexorabile fatumSubjecit pedibus, strepitumque Achcrontis avari. The five Deans who succeeded Patin re-verted to the old custom of placing theircoats of arms on the obverse of their Morand, who was D
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