Jacques Dubois

Jacques Dubois
Jacques Dubois
Born	1478; Loeuilly
Died	14 January 1555; Paris
Nationality	French
Other names	Jacobus Sylvius
Education	University of Montpellier; (M.B., 1529; M.D., 1530)
	Scientific career
Fields	Anatomy
Institutions	Collège de Tréguier; Collège Royal
Academic advisors	Hermonymus of Sparta; Janus Lascaris; François Vatable; Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples; Franciscus Sylvius Ambianus
Notable students	Michael Servetus; Andreas Vesalius; Louis Duret

Jacques Dubois (Latinised as Jacobus Sylvius; 1478 – 14 January 1555) was a French anatomist. Dubois was the first to describe venous valves, although their function was later discovered by William Harvey. He was the brother of Franciscus Sylvius Ambianus (François Dubois; c. 1483 – 1536), professor of humanities at the Collège de Tournai, Paris.^[2]

^ Charles Donald O'Malley, Andreas Vesalius of Brussels, 1514-1564, University of California Press, 1964, p. 47.
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[O'Malley-1] Charles Donald O'Malley, Andreas Vesalius of Brussels, 1514-1564, University of California Press, 1964, p. 47.

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Jacques Dubois

Born	1478 Loeuilly
Died	14 January 1555 Paris
Nationality	French
Other names	Jacobus Sylvius
Education	University of Montpellier (M.B., 1529; M.D., 1530)
Scientific career
Fields	Anatomy
Institutions	Collège de Tréguier [fr] Collège Royal
Academic advisors	Hermonymus of Sparta Janus Lascaris François Vatable Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples Franciscus Sylvius Ambianus
Notable students	Michael Servetus Andreas Vesalius^[1] Louis Duret