Charles-Henri Allamand

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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).

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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