- Source: Jacques Coitier
Jacques Coitier (c. 1430 – 22 October 1506) was a French doctor. He was chief physician to Louis XI of France and president of the Chambre des comptes.
Coitier was born at Poligny, Franche-Comté. His name is spelled in several ways, most often Coictier (the spelling used by Victor Hugo in his novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame), but also Coittier, Cotier, Coytier or Coctier. An analysis of his signatures by Achille Chereau has allowed Coitier to become the standard spelling - this was the name cited most often in medical annals. He died in Paris.
Bibliography
(in French) Mémoires de Philippe de Commines in Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire de France, Michaud et Poujalat, Paris, 1837
(in French) Nouvelle Biographie Générale, t11, Firmin Didot, 1855, pp. 86–89
(in French) Masson et Asselin, Dictionnaire Encyclopédique des Sciences Médicales, t. 18, 1876, pp. 717–718
(in French) Bulletin de la Société française d'histoire de la médecine, n°11, 1912, pp. 315–322
(in French) Émile Aron, Louis XI et ses guérisseurs, CLD, 1983
(in French) Victor Advielle, Discussion historique sur le véritable lieu de naissance de Jacques Coitier, médecin du roi Louis XI, H. Damelet, 1865
(in French) Achille Chéreau, Jacques Coitier, médecin de Louis XI, roi de France, Mareschal, 1861
