Lieutaud, Joseph – Elementa physiologiae, 1749 – BEIC 8427192

Joseph Lieutaud (21 June 1703 – 6 December 1780) was a French physician.

Biography

Early life

Joseph Lieutaud was born on 21 June 1703 at 31 Rue Cardinale in

Aix-en-Provence Aix-en-Provence (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Ais de Provença in classical norm, or in Mistralian norm, ; la, Aquae Sextiae), or simply Aix ( medieval Occitan: ''Aics''), is a city and commune in southern France, about north of Marseille. ...

.Aix-en-Provence Historical Society
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/ref> His father was Jean-Baptiste Lieutaud, a lawyer, and his mother, Louise (de) Garibel. He started studying

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, following in the wake of his uncle, Pierre Joseph Garidel, and went on to be called upon as a doctor in the Hotel-Dieu in

. He graduated from the University of Aix-en-Provence in 1725. He was elected a

Fellow of the Royal Society Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS, ForMemRS and HonFRS) is an award granted by the judges of the Royal Society of London to individuals who have made a "substantial contribution to the improvement of natural science, natural knowledge, incl ...

in 1739.

Career

By 1750, he became a doctor in the royal infirmary, then a pediatrician to the

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court, and eventually the personal physician of King

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. He published an essay on human anatomy. His ''Précis de médecine pratique'', published in four instalments (between 1760 and 1776), shows how forward-thinking medical sciences were at that time.

Death

He died on 6 December 1780 in

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Legacy

*A street in the centre of

, ''Rue Lieutaud'', is named in his honour. *An avenue in the centre of

Marseille Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Franc ...

, ''Cours Lieutaud'', is also named in his honour.Google Maps: Cours Lieutaud, Marseille, France
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lieutaud, Joseph 1703 births 1780 deaths People from Aix-en-Provence Aix-Marseille University alumni French anatomists Academic staff of the University of Paris Members of the French Academy of Sciences Fellows of the Royal Society