Jean-Jacques-Daniel Guillemeau

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Jean-Jacques-Daniel Guillemeau (* 1736 in Niort ; † October 18, 1823 there ) was a French doctor .

Life

In keeping with the 200-year family tradition, Jean-Jacques-Daniel Guillemeau devoted himself to studying medicine . After completing his studies he traveled to England and Italy to perfect his scientific training , in which countries he was in constant contact with excellent scholars. He also learned the ancient languages ​​and several living foreign languages. He was a military doctor for some time and then settled as a doctor in his hometown.

During the revolution, Guillemeau was one of the liberal-minded, became Maire of Niort in 1793 and proved his patriotism decisively in the fighting in the Vendée . He founded the Athenaeum of Niort, which he presided over for several years as president. His sizeable library, comprising more than 3,000 books, became the property of his hometown after his death in 1823.

Guillemeau left behind several unprinted manuscripts, including two medical writings ( Nosologie méthodique, ou classification de toutes les maladies qui affligent l'espèce humaine , Mémoire sur la manière de guérir à volonté les fièvres intermittent ), a history of the city of Niort and among others:

  • Jeanne de Fouquet, ou le siège de Beauvais , five act tragedy in verse
  • Histoire des Sommeils extrêmement longs, avec leurs causes
  • Vies de la Comtesse de Caylus, d'Isaac de Beausobre et de quelques autres personnages nés à Niort
  • Notice sur la famille de Théodore-Agrippa d'Aubigné (Grandfather of Madame de Maintenon )

His published work is altogether of non-medical content and of minor value overall:

  • Mémoire sur l'Égypte et la Guyane
  • Moyens pour cultiver avec succès la garance dans le département des Deux-Sèvres
  • Conjecture sur le but, les motifs et la destination du monument souterrain découvert à Niort, hors de la porte Saint-Gelais, en 1818
  • Mémoire sur les chats (recommends keeping snakes instead of cats )
  • Notice on Jacques Gateau de Niort, mort en 1628, prêtre de l'Oratoire, et sur ses divers établissements dans les villes de Niort et de La Rochelle

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personal data
SURNAME Guillemeau, Jean-Jacques-Daniel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French doctor
DATE OF BIRTH 1736
PLACE OF BIRTH Niort
DATE OF DEATH October 18, 1823
Place of death Niort