César Verdier
César Verdier (born June 24, 1695 in Morières near Avignon , † March 19, 1759 in Paris ) was a French anatomist , surgeon and university professor.
Live and act
He was the son of a surgeon from Morières and initially studied humanities. He then went to Montpellier , where he was trained as a surgeon.
Then he went to Paris, where he held courses in anatomy. He was also entrusted with maintaining the anatomical specimens. From 1725 to 1754 he was appointed Démonstrateur d'anatomie dans les écoles parisiennes de chirurgie . He was also a member of the Académie royale de chirurgie since 1731 .
His manual of anatomy, Abrégé de l'anatomie du corps humain (...) , from 1752 achieved great popularity and widespread use, so within a short time up to 1768 six editions were published. It was primarily a reference work without illustrations, with anatomical descriptions and explanations of some physiological backgrounds.
By Denis Diderot is known that he pursued his anatomical and medical lectures around the year 1740th The lectures took place on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday and began on the first Monday after St. Martin's Day (November 11th) and ended on February 15th.
Works (selection)
- Abrégé de l'anatomie du corps humain, où l'on donne une description corte & exacte des parties qui le composent, avec leurs usages. Jean Léonard, 1752
Web links
- Consortium of European Research Libraries. César Verdier
- Nina Rattner Gelbart: The King's Midwife A History and Mystery of Madame du Coudray. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS Berkeley, Los Angeles, Oxford 1998 The Regents of the University of California, p. 40, online
Individual evidence
- ↑ Official website of Morières-lès-Avignon
- ↑ Biographie universelle ou dictionnaire historique, Volume 6, Paris 1841, p. 276
- ^ Jacques Bescond: Une construction de la clinique: Le savoir médical au XVIIIe siècle. Editions L'Harmattan (2010) p. 104
- ↑ Dianah Leigh Jackson: Anatomy of observation: From the Academie Royale de la surgery to the salons of Denis Diderot. Canadian Journal of History Date: April 2001 Volume / issue: Vol. 36, No. 1
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Verdier, César |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Verdier, Cësar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French doctor, anatomist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 24, 1695 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Morières |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 19, 1759 |
| Place of death | Paris |