Jacques Dubois

For the professor of literature, see Jacques Dubois (literary theorist).

Jacques Dubois
Born1478
Loeuilly
Died14 January 1555
Paris
NationalityFrench
Other namesJacobus Sylvius
EducationUniversity of Montpellier
(M.B., 1529; M.D., 1530)
Scientific career
FieldsAnatomy
InstitutionsCollège de Tréguier [fr]
Collège Royal
Academic advisorsHermonymus of Sparta
Janus Lascaris
François Vatable
Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples
Franciscus Sylvius Ambianus
Notable studentsMichael Servetus
Andreas Vesalius[1]
Louis Duret

Jacques Dubois (Latinised as Jacobus Sylvius; 1478 – 14 January 1555) was a French anatomist. Dubois was the first to describe venous valves, although their function was later discovered by William Harvey. He was the brother of Franciscus Sylvius Ambianus (François Dubois; c. 1483 – 1536), professor of humanities at the Collège de Tournai, Paris.[2]

  1. ^ Charles Donald O'Malley, Andreas Vesalius of Brussels, 1514-1564, University of California Press, 1964, p. 47.
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