Antoine Petit
| Antoine Petit | |
|---|---|
 Antoine Petit drawn and engraved by Charles-François-Adrien Macret in 1775 | |
| Born |
23 July 1722 Orléans (France) |
| Died |
21 October 1794 (aged 72) Olivet (France) |
| Citizenship |
 France |
| Fields | Anatomy, surgery and childbirth |
| Institutions | Jardin du Roi, University of Paris |
| Alma mater | University of Paris |
| Thesis | (1746) |
| Known for | several articles for the Diderot and d’Alembert Encyclopédie |
| Influenced | Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, Félix Vicq d'Azyr |
Antoine Petit (23 July 1722 – 21 October 1794) was a French physician, master of Joseph-Ignace Guillotin and Félix Vicq d'Azyr.
Biography
Antoine Petit, born in Orléans, was the son of a tailor. He received a disciplined education and, after studying at the Orléans college, he took up the study of medicine at the University of Paris where he received his doctorate in 1746.[1]
Soon he became a good teacher and lecturer in anatomy, surgery and childbirth.[2]
The accurateness of his diagnosis made him famous and he got a very busy practise, drawing people from every part of France, even of Europa.[3]
He was appointed anatomy professor at Jardin du Roi from 1769 to 1778. In the University of Paris, he founded a chair of anatomy[4] then a chair of surgery. The professors, engaged and appointed by the University, had to teach for ten years then made way for younger. He was a member of French Academy of Sciences and wrote several articles for the Diderot and d’Alembert Encyclopédie.[5]
Antoine Petit amassed a significant wealth then, because he had no child, spent a part to found places that accord medical treatment. He spent more than 100,000 French livres to Orléans city: he appointed four physicians and two surgeons for free health care for sick people and those in every kind of need, in a house he built in this purpose.[1] On market days, they took care of those from the country.
In the same way, he appointed two lawyers and a prosecutor who involved towards the poor.[6]
In Fontenay-aux-Roses, he donated a building to house the municipality medical officer.
He died in Olivet, on 1794.
Bibliography
- Jan Palfijn (1753). Anatomie chirurgicale de Palfin, revue et augmentée par A. Petit. chez la veuve Cavelier. pp. 599–. Retrieved 20 April 2013. Paris. 2 vol. in-12
- Antoine Petit (1757). Discours sur l’utilité de la chirurgie. Paris. in-4°
- Antoine Petit (1765). Projet de réforme sur l’exercice de la médecine en France. Paris. in-4°
- Antoine Petit (1765). Consultation en faveur de la légitimité des naissances tardives. Paris. in-8°
- Antoine Petit (1766). Recueil des pièces relatives a la question des naissances tardives. chez D'Houry. Retrieved 20 April 2013. 2 vol. in-8°
- Antoine Petit (1766). Premier rapport en faveur de l'inoculation. chez Dessain junior. Retrieved 20 April 2013. Paris. in-8°
- Antoine Petit (1767). Lettre de M. A. Petit à M. le Doyen de la Faculté de Médecine sur quelques faits relatifs à la pratique de l'inoculation. chez Vallat-la-Chapelle. Retrieved 20 April 2013. Paris. in-8°
- Antoine Petit (1798). Traité des maladies des femmes enceintes, des femmes en couche et des enfants nouveaux-nés. pp. 237–. Retrieved 20 April 2013. Paris. 2 vol. in-8°
Notes
- A street bears his name in Fontenay-aux-Roses.
References
- 1 2 Gourdol, Jean-Yves (2012). "Antoine Petit" (in French). Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- ↑ (French) Un cours de médecine d'Antoine Petit en 1768
- ↑ "Eloge d'Antoine Petit, docteur-régent de la Faculté de médecine en la ci-devant Université de Paris" (in French). Paris: chez Gueffier. 1797. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- ↑ Jean-Jacques Peumery (2001). "Vicq d'Azyr et la Révolution française" (pdf) (in French). Retrieved 20 April 2013.
- ↑ Kafker, Frank A.: Notices sur les auteurs des 17 volumes de « discours » de l'Encyclopédie (suite et fin). Recherches sur Diderot et sur l'Encyclopédie Année (1990) Volume 8 Numéro 8 p. 110
- ↑ Larousse, Pierre (1866–1877). "Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle : français, historique, géographique, mythologique, bibliographique.... T. 12" (pdf) (in French). Bibliothèque nationale de France. p. 715. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
External links
- "Discours prononcé aux écoles de médecine pour l'ouverture solemnelle du cours de chirurgie le dimanche 27me novembre 1757" (pdf) (in French). 1757. Retrieved 20 April 2013.