Pierre-Augustin Béclard
Pierre-Augustin Béclard (born October 12, 1785 in Angers , † October 17, 1825 in Paris ) was a French doctor and anatomist.
Live and act
Pierre Augustin Béclard was born into a poor family. For four years he took part in courses at the Hôtel-Dieu hospital in Angers as an “in-house”. In 1808 he went to Paris, where he was appointed prosector of the faculty in 1811 . In 1812 he replaced Dupuytren as head of anatomy work. In 1813 he received his medical doctorate and in 1815 he became a surgeon at the Paris Hôpital de la Pitié. For a few years he gave private courses in anatomy and surgery . In 1818 he received the chair of anatomy at the Paris faculty.
Works (selection)
- Propositions on quelques points de médecine . Thèse de Paris 1813
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Additions à l'anatomie générale de Xavier Bichat . JA Brosson and JS Chaudé, Paris 1821 (digital copy )
- George Hayward (translator). Additions to the general anatomy of Xavier Bichat. Richardson and Lord, Boston 1823 (digitized version)
- Ludwig Cerutti (translator). Review of recent discoveries in anatomy and physiology . Hartmann, Leipzig 1823 (digitized version)
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Elémens d'anatomie générale: ou description de tous les genres d'organes qui composent le corps humain . Béchet, Paris 1823 (digitized) . 2nd Edition. Paris 1827 (digitized version)
- Joseph Togno (translator). Elements of general anatomy, or, a description of every kind of organs composing the human body . Carey and Lea, Philadelphia 1830 (digitized version)
- Robert Knox (translator). Elements of general anatomy … MacLachlan and Stewart, Edinburgh 1830 (digitized version)
- Elementi di anatomia generale ovvero descrizione di tutti I generi di organi che compongono il corpo umano . Catellacci, Florence 1839 Volumes I and II (digitized version )
literature
- Amédée Dechambre . Dictionnaire encyclopédique des sciences médicales . Paris 1876, Volume 8, pp. 689–690 (digitized version )
- Ernst Julius Gurlt . Pierre-Augustin Béclard. In: Ernst Julius Gurlt and August Hirsch . Biographical lexicon of the outstanding doctors of all times and peoples. Volume I, Urban & Schwarzenberg, Vienna and Leipzig 1884, p. 357 (digitized version)
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SURNAME | Béclard, Pierre-Augustin |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French medic |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 12, 1785 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Angers |
DATE OF DEATH | October 17, 1825 |
Place of death | Paris |