PITHOU or PITHOEUS, Peter, a Frenchman of great literary eminence, was descended from an ancient and noble family in Normandy, and born at Troyes in 1539. His taste for literature appeared very early, and his father cultivated it to the utmost. He first studied at Troyes, and was afterwards sent to Paris, where he became first the scholar, and then the friend, of Turenne. Having finished his pursuits in languages and the belles lettres, he was removed to Bourges, and placed under Cujacius in order to study civil law. His father was well skilled in this profession, and has left no inconsiderable

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(m) Patet (says he) medicinam esse memoriam eorum quae cuilibet morbo usus ostendit usu utilia. Nam notas non esse corporum intra venas fluentium aut consistentium naturas, adeoque sola observatione innotescere quid cuique morbo conveniat postquam siuepius eadem eadem morbo profuisset comperimus. De Div. Morb.