Arnulphe d'Aumont (27 December 1720 – 8 August 1800) was a French medical doctor. His name is also spelled Daumont. He was born in

Grenoble Grenoble ( ; ; or ; or ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of the Isère Departments of France, department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regions of France, region ...

and died in Valence.Dictionnaire Biographique de la Drome – Collectif – Google Livres
/ref> After receiving his doctorate in 1744, he became royal professor at the

University of Valence The University of Valence was founded 26 July 1452, by letters patent from the Dauphin Louis, afterwards Louis XI of France, in a move to develop the city of Valence, then part of his domain of Dauphiné. It existed until the French Revolution. ...

in Dauphiné. In 1744 he published ''Relation des fêtes publiques données par l'université de Montpellier, à l'occasion du rétablissement de la santé du roi, procuré par trois médecins de cette école''. In 1762 he published ''Mémoire sur une nouvelle manière d'administrer le mercure dans les maladies vénériennes et autres.'' (Memoir on a new manner to administer mercury for venereal and other diseases) His method was to use glazed animal milk. He wrote the article "Enfance" in the ''

Encyclopédie , better known as ''Encyclopédie'' (), was a general encyclopedia published in France between 1751 and 1772, with later supplements, revised editions, and translations. It had many writers, known as the Encyclopédistes. It was edited by Denis ...

''.

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18th-century French physicians 18th-century French writers 18th-century French male writers Contributors to the Encyclopédie (1751–1772) 1720 births 1800 deaths Physicians from Grenoble {{france-med-bio-stub