Jacques Beaulieu (Frère Jacques)
Itinerant lithotomist in a monk-like habit; lateral perineal lithotomy contested
- Dates
- Born 1651; died 1714, 1719 or 1720 (sources differ) (source: EAU History Office: Jacques de Beaulieu )
- Chapters
- VI. The Stone-Cutters
Contested
The nursery round "Frère Jacques" is popularly attributed to him. No connection has been found, and the tune first appears about 1780 as "Frère Blaise".
Sources
- Ganem and Carson 1999, Frère Jacques Beaulieu: from rogue lithotomist to nursery rhyme character (J Urol 161) Secondary
- Wikipedia, Frère Jacques (citing AllMusic and James Fuld) Secondary
What the film says
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Arrived in Paris in 1697, cut at the side of the perineum, and lost about twenty-five of some sixty hospital patients.
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Often said to be the subject of the nursery round "Frère Jacques"; historians found no connection.
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Later studied anatomy and adopted a grooved staff, with far better results.
On the timeline
- 1651: Jacques Beaulieu is born in Burgundy. timeline
- 1697: Frère Jacques arrives in Paris and operates in its hospitals with the lateral approach. timeline
- 1714, 1719 or 1720 (sources differ): Death of Jacques Beaulieu. Riches gives 7 December 1714; BAUS 1714; Ganem and Carson 1719; English Wikipedia 1720. disputed timeline
- 1999: Ganem and Carson report finding no direct link between Jacques Beaulieu and the nursery rhyme. timeline
Sources
Sources
- Cheselden, The Anatomy of the Human Body, 1741 (archive.org full text) Primary
- EAU History Office: Jacques de Beaulieu Museum or society
- Ganem and Carson 1999, Frère Jacques Beaulieu: from rogue lithotomist to nursery rhyme character (J Urol 161) Secondary
- BAUS Virtual Museum: Jacques de Beaulieu Museum or society dead link