Legend has it that the vain and very incompetent Purgon, one of the doctors imaginary disease By Moliere, an allusion to Guy-Crescent Fagon, the last physician-in-chief to Louis XIV., and his marked taste for purges and bloodshed.
If the dates make the hypothesis plausible – the first performance of the play begins in 1673, and Fagon began serving the monarch in 1672 – the playwright’s comic satire seems a little harsh on him who faithfully nursed the aging king, despite only being 17- within the (not trivial) limits of th century medicine. His MemoirThe Duke of Saint-Simon, a famous chronicler at the court of Louis XIV, known for his candor, depicts D.r:. like a phago “One of the most beautiful and good minds in Europe, interested in everything connected with his profession, a great botanist, a good chemist, a skilled surgeon, a great physician, and a great practitioner.”
Court of the Sun King
Born in 1638, Guy-Crescent became a doctor in 1664. His thesis topic reveals…
Source: Le Figaro
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