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Louise Boursier (1563 - 1636)

Short name Louise Boursier
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Alternative name Louise Bourgeois — Louyse Bourgeous — Louise Bourcier
Date of birth 1563
Date of death 1636
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Sex Female
Place of birth France
Place of death France
Lived in France
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Louise Boursier was ...
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Mentioned in: - La Porte 1769 V, p.ix (see hyperlink for list) - Briquet 1804 - Buck, Guide to women's literature, 1992: "She was at the centre of the medical world in the early decades of the17th century". Her books are an admixture of theory and case studies.

Midwife to the French royal family of King Henry IV and Marie de Médicis.
Possibly school educated.