French physician
Joseph Lieutaud
Born 21 June 1703Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Died 6 December 1780 (1780-12-07 ) (aged 77)Versailles, Île-de-France, France
Education University of Aix-en-Provence Occupation Physician Parent(s) Jean-Baptiste Lieutaud Relatives Pierre Joseph Garidel (maternal uncle)
Elementa physiologiae , 1749First page of Précis de la médecine pratique . Joseph Lieutaud (French pronunciation: [ʒozɛf ljøto]
Biography
Early life
Joseph Lieutaud was born on 21 June 1703 at 31 Rue Cardinale in Aix-en-Provence .[ 1] [ 2] [ 1] [ 2] 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] 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] 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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