Du Chesne, Joseph, approximately 1544-1609

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Name (Latin)
Du Chesne, Joseph, approximately 1544-1609
Other forms of name
Du Chesne, Joseph, ca. 1544-1609 a
Quercetanus, Iosephus, ca. 1544-1609
nna Duchesne, Joseph, ca. 1544-1609
Chesne, Joseph du, ca. 1544-1609
Quercetanus, Josephus, ca. 1544-1609
Du Chesne, Ioseph, ca. 1544-1609
Chesne, Ioseph Du, ca. 1544-1609
De la Violette, Joseph Du Chesne, sieur, ca. 1544-1609
La Violette, Joseph Du Chesne, sieur de, ca. 1544-1609
Violette, Joseph Du Chesne, sieur de la, ca. 1544-1609
Date of birth
1544
Date of death
1609-08-20
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 98736550
Wikidata: Q3185888
Library of congress: n 86861987
Sources of Information
  • His Ios. Quercetani doctoris medicique regii, Diaeteticon polyhistoricon, 1606.
  • LC data base, 10-14-86(hdg.: Duchesne, Joseph, 1544 (ca.)-1609; usage: Joseph Du Chesne)
  • NUC pre-1956(hdg.: Duchesne, Joseph, ca. 1544-1609; usage on Latin works generally Josephus (or Iosephus) Quercetanus; usage on French works: Ioseph (or Joseph) Du Chesne)
  • His Le Pourtraict de la santé, 1606:t.p. (Ios. Du Chesne, sieur de la Violette, conseiller & medecin ordinaire du roi)
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Wikipedia description:

Joseph Duchesne or du Chesne (Quercetan, Latin Josephus Quercetanus) (c. 1544, Lectoure – 1609) was a French physician. A follower of Paracelsus, he is now remembered for important if transitional alchemical theories. He called sugar toxic, saying: “Under its whiteness, sugar hides a great blackness.”

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