Pierre Tarin
French encyclopedist
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Pierre Tarin (1725–1761) was a French doctor, writer, and translator, born in Courtenay, Orléanais.[1] He is best known for his contributions to Encyclopédie by Diderot and D'Alembert.[2]
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Tarin was one of the primary contributors to anatomy and physiology entries in the Encyclopédie.[3] He contributed more than 370 entries.[3]
Biography
Tarin was born in Courtenay, Loiret.[3] He studied at the University of Paris Faculty of Medicine.[3]
Conflicting records give his year of death as either 1761 or 1793.[3]
Publications
- Problemata anatomica, utrum inter arterias mesentericas, venasqne lacteas, immediatum datur commercium, Parisiis, 1748. in-8°.
- Anthropotomie, ou l’art de disséquer, Paris, 1750, deux vol. in-12.
- Adversaria anatomica, Parisiis, 1750, in-8°, avec figures.
- Démosgraphie, ou description des ligaments du corps humain, Paris, 1752, in-8°.
- Éléments de physiologie traduits du Latin de Haller, Paris, 1752,in-8°.
- Dictionnaire anatomique, suivi d’une Bibliothèque anatomique et physiologique, Paris, 1753, in-4°.
- Ostéographie , ou description des os de l’adulte, du fœtus, etc. Paris, 1753, in-4°.
- Myographie ou description des muscles, Paris, 1753, in-4°.
- Observations de médecine et de chirurgie, Paris, 1755, 3 vol. in-12.
Articles in Encyclopédie
- "Bile", v. II, p. 249b, 218 l.
- "Teeth", v. IV, 320 l.
