Jean-Jacques Manget, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Genevan writer and physician
Date of Birth: 19-Jun-1652
Place of Birth: Geneva, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland
Date of Death: 15-Aug-1742
Profession: physician
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
About Jean-Jacques Manget
- Jean-Jacques Manget (or Johann Jacob Mangetus) (1652–1742) was a Genevan physician and writer.
- He was known for his work on epidemic diseases such as bubonic plague and tuberculosis.
- In addition to his own researches, he assiduously compiled preceding medical literature.
- With Théophile Bonet, he is considered one of the "great compilers" of knowledge in the areas of medicine, surgery and pharmacology.
- He also published a major collection of alchemical works, the Bibliotheca Chemica Curiosa (1702).
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