Caesarian Section Birth Woodcut
Boaistuau was born in Nantes and later studied civil and canon law in the universities of Poitiers, Valence (where he was a student of the eminent jurist Jean de Coras), and Avignon (where he studied under the guidance of Emilio Ferretti). During his student years, he worked as the secretary of the French ambassador to the East Jean-Jacques of Cambrai around 1550, and traveled to Italy and Germany. Ernst Courbet put forth the hypothesis that Boaistuau had also worked for some time as 'valet de chamber' of Marguerite of Navarre, an assertion which however can not be substantiated.
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Location: France
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Keywords: birth, caesarian, childbirth, fetus, gynecology, histories, medical, medicine, obstetrician, prodigeuses, section, surgeon
