Paul Petard
Paul Pétard , also Paul-Henri Pétard, (born May 7, 1912 in Genouilly , Saône-et-Loire ; † February 4, 1980 in the Cochin Hospital in Boulogne-Billancourt ) was a French botanist , ethnobotanist and pharmacologist who was responsible for research the flora of Polynesia is particularly known for its role as medicinal and poisonous plants.
Pétard was at the hospital in Bordeaux and received his licentiate from the Ecole d´Application du Service du Santé in Marseille. Pétard was a pharmacist at the hospital in Papeete in French Polynesia from 1937 to 1945 (as a pharmacy officer (lieutenant) of the colonial troops) and then made many trips to Polynesia. He described around 220 Polynesian plants in terms of history and pharmacy, about which he also asked the natives.
He received his doctorate in 1960 in Marseille, where he taught at the Institute for Tropical Medicine.
Fonts
- Quelques plantes utiles de la Polynésie Française Ptèridophytes et Monocotylédones, Société des Océanistes, Musée de l'homme, Paris 1961 (from his dissertation)
- Raau Tahiti: the use of Polynesian medicinal plants in Tahitian medicine, Noumea, New Caledonia: South Pacific Commission, 1972 (English translation of the French edition by the same publisher 1972)
- Raau Tahiti: plantes médicinales polynésiennes et remèdes tahitiens, Saint Denis, La Réunion: Imp.Cazal, 1974
- Plantes utiles de Polynésie et raau Tahiti, Tahiti: Haere Po 1986, 2007
- Les plantes ichtyotoxiques polynésiennes, Revue de médecine tropicale, Marseille, No. 3, 1951, pp. 498-511
Web links
- Literature by and about Paul Pétard in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
- Website for his book on Polynesian plants at his publisher
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Petard, Paul |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pétard, Paul Henri |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French pharmacologist and botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 7, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Genouilly |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th February 1980 |
| Place of death | Boulogne-Billancourt |