Pierre Tarin
Pierre Tarin (1725–1761) was a French doctor, writer, and translator, born in Courtenay, Orléanais.[1] He is best known for his contributions to Encyclopédie by Diderot and D'Alembert.[2]
Tarin was one of the primary contributors to anatomy and physiology entries in the Encyclopédie.[3] He contributed more than 370 entries.[3]
Biography
Tarin was born in Courtenay, Loiret.[3] He studied at the University of Paris Faculty of Medicine.[3]
Conflicting records give his year of death as either 1761 or 1793.[3]
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.
Articles in Encyclopédie
- "Bile", v. II, p. 249b, 218 l.
- "Teeth", v. IV, 320 l.
References
- ^ Antoine Laurent Jessé Bayle (1855). Biographie médicale par ordre chronologique (in French). Vol. 2. Adolphe Delahaye. p. 738.
- ^ Kafker, Frank A.: Notices sur les auteurs des 17 volumes de "discours" de l'Encyclopédie (suite et fin). Recherches sur Diderot et sur l'Encyclopédie Année (1990) Volume 8 Numéro 8 pp. 120–121
- ^ a b c d e Kafker, Frank A.; Kafker, Serena L. (1988). "Tarin, Pierre (1721–1793?), the little-known, main contributor on anatomy and physiology. His articles are designated by the symbol "L".". The Encyclopedists as Individuals: A Biographical Dictionary of the Authors of the Encyclopédie. Oxford: Voltaire Foundation.