Jean Baptiste Barth, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jean Baptiste Barth

French pathologist

Date of Birth: 24-Sep-1806

Place of Birth: Sarreguemines, Grand Est, France

Date of Death: 20-Nov-1877

Profession: physician, pathologist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Jean Baptiste Barth

  • Jean Baptiste Philippe Barth (September 24, 1806 – November 20, 1877) was a French pathologist who was a native of Sarreguemines.
  • He studied medicine at the University of Paris, and was afterwards an assistant to Pierre Charles Alexandre Louis (1787-1872) at the Hôpital de la Pitié.
  • In 1840 he was appointed médecin des hôpitaux, and practiced medicine in Parisian hospitals for the next thirty years.
  • In 1871 he was elected vice president of the Académie de Médecine, and soon afterwards became its president. Jean Barth is remembered for treatises on auscultation that he co-authored with pediatrician Henri-Louis Roger (1809-1891).
  • These include "A Manual of Auscultation and Percussion" and "A Practical Treatise on Auscultation"; both being translated into English.

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