Jeton - M-L Reneaume, doyen de la faculté de Médecine de Paris

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The Faculty coat of arms with the three storks and the radiant sun. Legend above and below in a ribbon, with the three dates of his tenure as Dean.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
URBI ET ORBI SALUS
FACUL• MEDIC• PARIS•
1734 • 1735 • 1736 •

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Source Gallica

The Paris Faculty of Medicine is one of the four components of the University of Paris, along with the Faculty of Theology, the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Arts or Letters. In 1789, it consisted of one hundred and fifty-two doctors, seven of whom were appointed to teach medical subjects, physiology, pathology, pharmacy, childbirth, French surgery and Latin surgery. The Faculty of Medicine was headed by a Dean, who was also responsible for forming the University tribunal, along with the Deans of Theology and Law, and the four Procurators of the Faculty of Arts. The doctorate in medicine was awarded after six years of study and the degrees of bachelier, licencié and doctor. Michel-Louis Reneaume, seigneur de la Garanne is a descendant of Paul Reneaume, a Blois botanist. Born in 1676, he was admitted to the Académie des Sciences in 1699, became a doctor at the Faculté de Paris in 1700 and taught Latin surgery at the Faculté de Paris. He was Dean from 1734 to 1736. He left his name to a plant named "renealmia" in his honor. His deanship fell between that of Hyacinthe-Théodore Baron (1731-1732) and Louis Claude Bourdelin (1736-1738). (CGB).