Jean-Eugène Dezeimeris, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jean-Eugène Dezeimeris

French politician, physician and medical historian

Date of Birth: 20-Nov-1799

Place of Birth: Villefranche-de-Lonchat, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Date of Death: 16-Feb-1852

Profession: physician, politician, librarian, medical historian

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Jean-Eugène Dezeimeris

  • Jean-Eugène Dezeimeris (20 November 1799, Villefranche-de-Lonchat – 16 February 1852, Paris) was a French librarian and historian of medicine. He studied medicine in Bordeaux and Paris.
  • In 1819 he quit these studies in order to conduct research of medicine from a historical standpoint.
  • After several years of research, he published his magnum opus, "Dictionnaire historique de la médecine, ancienne et moderne" (1828–).
  • Eventually, he obtained his doctorate with the thesis "Quelques réflexions sur l'histoire de la médecine" (Some reflections on the history of medicine; 1832).In 1830 he became an assistant librarian at the Faculty of Medicine in Paris, where in 1836, he was appointed chief librarian, a post he maintained until his death in 1852.
  • He was also interested in agricultural economics and published a number of treatises on the subject.
  • From 1842 to 1846 and in 1848/49 he represented the department of Dordogne in the Assemblée nationale (French National Assembly).

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