Louis-Anne La Virotte (15 July 1725, in

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(Côte-d’Or) – 3 March 1759, in

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) was an 18th-century French physician and encyclopédiste.

Biography

He first studied medicine at the

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. He then moved to the French capital and was introduced to the ''

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'' through the protection of chancellor

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. He was appointed to the position of ''docteur régent'' at the

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where he was for many years one of the eighteen royal censors for natural history, medicine and chemistry. At the beginning of the

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in 1757, he joined the army of Westphalia. In the following years, he practised at the

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in Paris.

Melchior Grimm Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm (26 September 172319 December 1807) was a German-born French-language journalist, art critic, diplomat and contributor to the ''Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers'' ...

wrote: "He joined a lot of knowledge and literature, a strong and pleasant spirit and all the qualities of a good man". He wrote the article ''Docteur en médecine'' for the ''

Encyclopédie ''Encyclopédie, ou dictionnaire raisonné des sciences, des arts et des métiers'' (English: ''Encyclopedia, or a Systematic Dictionary of the Sciences, Arts, and Crafts''), better known as ''Encyclopédie'', was a general encyclopedia publis ...

'' by

Denis Diderot Denis Diderot (; ; 5 October 171331 July 1784) was a French philosopher, art critic, and writer, best known for serving as co-founder, chief editor, and contributor to the ''Encyclopédie'' along with Jean le Rond d'Alembert. He was a promine ...

and Jean le Rond d’Alembert.Frank A. Kafker: ''Notices sur les auteurs des dix-sept volumes de « discours » de l'Encyclopédie.'' Recherches sur Diderot et sur l'Encyclopédie Year (1989), Volume 7, issue 7 (p. 146)
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References

Works (selection)

*1749: ''Découvertes philosophiques de Newton de Maclaurin.'' (translated from English) *1750: ''Nоuvelles Observations Microscopiques de Needham'' (translated from English) *1757: ''Observations sur une Hydrophobie spontanée, suivie de la rage.''

Bibliography

* Ferdinand Hoefer: ''Nouvelle Biographie générale.'' t. 22 Firmin-Didot, Paris (1862) (p. 1019).

External links

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Journal des sçavans pour l'année 1759
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