Jean-Baptiste Goiffon
Jean-Baptiste Goiffon (born February 25, 1658 in Cerdon (Ain) , † September 30, 1730 in Lyon ) was a doctor and botanist from Lyon.
He studied botany and anatomy at the University of Montpellier from 1682 to 1685 . He earned a reputation for treating the injured Marquis de Rougemont and then settled in Cerdon. In the Palatinate War of Succession (1687) he served in the Italian army under the command of Marshal Catinat . In 1693 he was a lecturer at the college in Lyon. In the War of the Spanish Succession he accompanies the Spanish army under the command of Marshal de Tesse. In 1717/18 he became councilor in Lyon.
During the plague of Marseilles in 1720-21, he tried to understand the cause of the bubonic plague , and pointed out that the most likely explanation for its spread is that it is caused by small organisms that are invisible to the naked eye. The idea was picked up in the Royal Society by Benjamin Marten and Richard Bradley .
He was the first botanist in Lyon as we know it today.
His son († 1779) became a professor at the École nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort .
Publications
- Dissertation on un monstre né à Lyon, l'année 1702
- with Jérôme Jean Pestalozzi (1674–1742): Avis de precaution contre la maladie contagieuse de Marseille: qui contient une idée complette de la peste, & de ses accidens. Avec des moyens préservatifs, & curatifs; de formules choisies, & un catalog général de remedes, tant simples, que composez ; 1721
- Relations et dissertation on the peste du Gévaudan ; 1722
literature
- Maurice Lannois: Jean-Baptiste Goiffon: 1658-1730 ; 1937
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ludwig Darmstaedter: Handbook on the History of Natural Sciences and Technology 1866 (PDF; 2.5 MB)
- ^ RN Doetsch: Benjamin Marten and His "New Theory of Consumptions" ; 1978 (PDF; 1.7 MB)
- ↑ Just's Botanical Annual Report, Issue 34
- ↑ Biography universelle, ancienne et moderne; P. 604 ( digitized version )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Goiffon, Jean-Baptiste |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French doctor and botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 25, 1658 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cerdon (Ain) |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 30, 1730 |
| Place of death | Lyon |