The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Theodore de Vaux, Sir ( c. 1628 - 26 May 1694 )
Physician to Charles II and Queen Catherine. MD (Padua) in 1655, knighted 1665. Relevant locations: Educated at Padua University, PaduaRelationships: Theodore de Vaux was a employed by Charles II of England (1630-1685)
Theodore de Vaux was a member of Royal Society (-)
References in Documents:
Duke of Norfolk
's
Fig. 2. was brought not long since to the
Theodore de Vaux
you the
Figureof it, which you see is branched, and
seems to have spread some branches into great
Vessels,
whether
Arteries, Veinsor into the
UreterI cannot de
termine, tho these as well as the
Pelvisseem to have been
fill'd up by this great
that before mention'd, since it
weighsbut four ounces
and a half: a
stoneindeed of an incredible size to be found
in the
Kidney. The measure longwise from one extreme
to the other made four Inches compleat: the extension
of the
Branchesfrom one to the other measur'd croswise
or transversly, 3 Inches and a half. This is deservedly
laid up in the
but sorrowful
Rarity, having caused the death of so
great a
Patronof
Learning.