Joseph Lieutaud

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Elementa physiologiae, 1749
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First page of Précis de la médecine pratique.

Joseph Lieutaud (Script error: No such module "IPA".; 21 June 1703 – 6 December 1780) was a French physician.

Biography

Early life

Joseph Lieutaud was born on 21 June 1703 at 31 Rue Cardinale in Aix-en-Provence.[1][2] His father was Jean-Baptiste Lieutaud, a lawyer, and his mother, Louise (de) Garibel.[1][2] He started studying botany, following in the wake of his uncle, Pierre Joseph Garidel, and went on to be called upon as a doctor in the Hotel-Dieu in Aix-en-Provence.[1] He graduated from the University of Aix-en-Provence in 1725.[1]

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1739.[3]

Career

By 1750, he became a doctor in the royal infirmary, then a pediatrician to the Louis XV court, and eventually the personal physician of King Louis XVI.[1][2]

He published an essay on human anatomy.[1] His Précis de médecine pratique, published in four instalments (between 1760 and 1776), shows how forward-thinking medical sciences were at that time.[1]

Death

He died on 6 December 1780 in Versailles.[1]

Legacy

  • A street in the centre of Aix-en-Provence, Rue Lieutaud, is named in his honour.[4]
  • An avenue in the centre of Marseille, Cours Lieutaud, is also named in his honour.[5]

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