Charles Bouvard

Charles Bouvard (1572–1658) was a French chemist and physician. Bouvard served as the physician of France's King Louis XIII and as the superintendent of the Jardin des Plantes in Paris.^[1] Bouvard was known for using his knowledge of plants to create a number of medicines from common ordinary flowers. The flower Bouvard is most closely associated with is the bouvardia genus of evergreen herbs and shrubs. Bouvard also wrote the Historicae Hodiernae Medicinae Rationalis Veritatis, a book defending medical rationalism, in 1655.^[2]

Charles Bouvard was a close friend of Joseph Barsalou (physician) (1600–1660). Through their correspondence they shared ideas on medicine and treating patients with plants.

References

1. ^ Michael S. Reid (December 2006). "Produce Facts: Bouvardia". http://postharvest.ucdavis.edu/Produce/ProduceFacts/orn/bouvardia.pdf. Retrieved 2007-02-18. 
2. ^ W.F. Bynum, ed (1993). Medicine and the Five Senses. Roy Port. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. pp. 331. ISBN 0521361141.  pg. 290

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Name	Bouvard, Charles
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Date of birth	1572
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Date of death	1658
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