Charles-Henri Allamand
Charles-Henri Allamand (born February 28, 1776 in Les Verrières , † May 1, 1840 in Fleurier ) was a Swiss medic.
Life
Charles-Henri Allamand was the son of Charles-Victor Allamand (1751-1830) and his wife Marianne Landry-dit-Bouille (1750-1806); he came from a rural background.
He received his first training from an uncle who was a doctor and completed a scientific and medical degree in Besançon and Paris . After graduating, he set up a medical practice in 1799; From 1802 he ran his medical practice, even after the area was ceded to Napoleon I in 1806 , until the end of his life, in Fleurier.
He was the only doctor in Val-de-Travers and introduced the smallpox vaccination there, made medical and economic suggestions for improvement and developed a recipe for a laxative tea, which was also exported as Thé suisse . He also carried out scientific and economic and historical studies in the valley and published them in smaller publications. In his statistics S tatistique de la Châtellenie du Val-de-Travers for the Burgvogtei Val-de-Travers of 1836, he pointed out in his remarks on wormwood extract that the majority of the plants from which it is obtained do not succeed anywhere better than here . In the second half of the century, the Val-de-Travers developed into the center of absinthe production .
Charles-Henri Allamand was married to Louise Henriette (born January 21, 1771 in Les Verrières, † July 9, 1832 in Fleurier), daughter of the court clerk Henri-François Jeanjaquet (1745-1809), since 1799 . They had four children together:
- Louis Allamand (1800-1819);
- Virginie Allamand (1802-1868);
- Frédéric Allamand (1803-1824);
- Charles Léalis Allamand (1805-1832).
Fonts (selection)
- Essai statistique sur la Mairie des Verrières . 1831.
- Observations on quelques-unes des moeurs des animaux domestiques . Mémoires de la Société des sciences naturelles de Neuchâtel, 1835.
- Statistique de la Châtellenie du Val-de-Travers . 1836.
- Description of the juridiction of Travers . Neuchâtel: Henri Wolfrath, 1843.
Web links
- Luc Lienhard: Allamand, Charles-Henri. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
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SURNAME | Allamand, Charles-Henri |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss medic |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 28, 1776 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Les Verrières |
DATE OF DEATH | May 1, 1840 |
Place of death | Fleurier |