Louis Benoît Guersant
Louis Benoît Guersant (born April 29, 1777 in Dreux , † May 23, 1848 in Paris ) was a French doctor and naturalist (botanist). Its official botanical author's abbreviation is " Guers ."
The son of a doctor, Guersant began studying medicine in Rouen and continued it at the École de santé in Paris. He also heard natural history from Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck and Georges Cuvier . He was (thanks to the influence of Cuvier) professor of natural history at the École centrale in Rouen (and at the military hospital there), but then turned back to medicine and received his doctorate in Paris in 1803 (with a thesis on botany). He was later at the children's hospital in Paris (Hôpital des enfants malades), which he directed for 30 years. He published on kidney diseases in children, diphtheria, whooping cough and, among other things, animal diseases (epizootics). He was in debates about the treatment of croup byTracheotomy involved and via animal magnetism.
His reputation rose when he was able to successfully fight a typhus epidemic among children in Bourgogne in 1813, which killed hundreds.
He was a member of the Academy of Rouen and the Royal Academy of Medicine. He was co-editor of the Nouvelle Journal de Médecine and contributed to the Dictionaire des Sciences Médicales. He was also a doctor for the king's children during the July monarchy .
His son Paul Louis Benoît Guersant (1800–1869) was also a doctor.
A street in Paris is named after him.
Fonts
- Essai sur les epizooties. Paris 1815.
- Quels sont les caractères des propriétés vitales dans les végétaux? Paris 1803 (dissertation).
Web links
- Guersant, Louis Benoît (1777–1848), sa femme et leur fils , short biography
- Entry at the Academy of Rouen
- Biography, with picture
References and comments
- ^ Diane Berry, Campbell Mackenzie: Some notable names in renal medicine. In: Med Hist Suppl. 2005. (24): pp. 84-93. PMC 2630044 (free full text).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Guersant, Louis Benoît |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French doctor and naturalist (botanist) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 29, 1777 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dreux |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 23, 1848 |
| Place of death | Paris |