Jacques Clarion (12 October 1779 in

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– 28 September 1844 in

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) was a French physician,

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and

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. In his youth, he served as an apprentice-pharmacist in the town of

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, while in the meantime studying plants native to the

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(biographical information) Up until 1799, he performed military service as a pharmacist third-class in

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. He later studied medicine in

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, and in 1805 began work as a pharmacist in the service of

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. In this role, he served as director of the pharmacy at the Palace

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, a position he maintained during the reigns of

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and

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. In 1819 he became an assistant professor at the ''Ecole de Pharmacie de Paris'', and in 1825 a professor of botany. From 1822 to 1830 he was a member of the

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. In 1812, the botanical genus ''Clarionea'' ( Lagasca ex

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, 1812) was named in his honor.

Published works

* ''Observations sur l'analyse des végétaux suivies d'un travail chimique sur les rhubarbe exotique et indigène'', 1803 - Comments on botanical analysis, followed by chemical studies of exotic and native

rhubarb Rhubarb is the fleshy, edible stalks ( petioles) of species and hybrids (culinary rhubarb) of ''Rheum'' in the family Polygonaceae, which are cooked and used for food. The whole plant – a herbaceous perennial growing from short, thick rhizo ...

. * ''Abrégé de médecine pratique, ou Manuel médical d'après les principes de la doctrine physiologique'', 1832 - Medical manual on principles of physiological doctrine. * ''Nouveau Précis des maladies des enfans fondé sur la doctrine'', 1833 - On childhood diseases based on physiological doctrine.Google Search
(publications)

References

* "This article incorporates translated text based from an equivalent article at the

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, source listed as:

Amédée Dechambre Amédée Dechambre (12 January 1812 in Sens – 4 January 1886 in Paris) was a French physician and medical writer. He studied medicine in Paris, where he also worked as a hospital intern. In 1844 he received his medical doctorate from the Un ...

(1875). Dictionnaire encyclopédique des sciences médicales, tome dix-septième. G. Masson (Paris). 1779 births 1844 deaths People from Alpes-de-Haute-Provence French pharmacists 19th-century French botanists {{France-scientist-stub