Louis Jurine

Louis Jurine
Born (1751-02-06)6 February 1751
Geneva, Republic of Geneva
Died 20 October 1819(1819-10-20) (aged 68)
Chougny, Kingdom of France

Medical career

Profession Surgeon, physician, naturalist

Louis Jurine (French: [ʒyʁin]; 6 February 1751 – 20 October 1819) was a Swiss physician, surgeon and naturalist mainly interested in entomology. He lived in Geneva.

Surgeon

He studied surgery in Paris and quickly acquired a great reputation for his expertise beyond that which he had in Geneva. He taught courses in anatomy, surgery and zoology at the Académie Nationale de Médecine. He also founded a maternity hospice in 1807 and was awarded prizes for his work on the gasses of the human body, artificial feeding of infants, and pectoral angina.

Collections

Jurine’s collections of Hymenoptera, Coleoptera, Lepidoptera and Hemiptera are in the Natural History Museum of Geneva.

Works

References

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