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Médecine et hellénisme à la Renaissance: le problème du grec chez Guillaume de Baillou (1538-1616)

Guillaume de Baillou stands out among the Paris Hippocratics for his frequent use of Greek. This article explores Baillou’s language, style, and rhetoric in the context of the formation of medical language. Through an analysis of Greek terms in his works, it reconsiders Lonie’s assumption that Greek is simply part of Baillou’s Hippocratic posture in a world of medical philologists. In fact, Baillou’s Greek appears to be as Galenic as it is Hippocratic, and Galen’s ideas and texts pervade Baillou’s framework. Hence the popular idea that late sixteenth century physicians turned back towards Hippocrates is to be taken with caution.