Augustin Cabanès

Dr. Augustin Cabanès
Born	30 April 1862 Gourdon-en-Caorsin, France
Died	5 May 1928 (aged 66)
Pen name	Doctor Quercy
Occupation	Doctor, Writer, Historian
Nationality	French

Dr. Augustin Cabanès (30 April 1862 – 5 May 1928) was a French doctor, historian and author of numerous works of fiction and history. He was known for his books on historical medical mysteries.

He studied medicine in Bordeaux and Paris, defending his doctorate in 1889 with a thesis involving Hydrastis canadensis. As a physician, he was associated with the Préfecture de la Seine. In 1894, he founded Chronique médicale, a popular journal dealing with unpublished articles on the health of literary and historical figures.^[1]

Partial list of works

• Marat inconnu; l'homme privé, le médecin, le savant (1891)
• Le cabinet secret de l'histoire, (1897), "Secret Cabinet of History Peeped into By a Doctor".
• "Curious Bypaths of History: Being Medico-Historical Studies and Observations" (1898)
• Balzac ignoré (1899)
• Les Morts mysterieuses de l'histoire (1900)
• Les indiscrétions de l'histoire (1900)
• Mœurs intimes du passé (1900)
• Les curiosités de la médecine (1900)
• La névrose révolutionnaire (1906)
• Au chevet de l'empereur (1924)
• Les cinq sens (1926)
• Dans les coulisses de l'histoire (1929).

References

1. La Tradition: revue générale des contes, légendes, chants, usages ... by International Society of Military Collectors

External links

• Works by or about Augustin Cabanès at Internet Archive
• Works by or about Augustin Cabanès in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
• French Wikisource (list of publications).