Joseph Lieutaud was a French doctor.

Biography

Joseph Lieutaud started studying botany

Botany

Botany, plant science, or plant biology is a branch of biology that involves the scientific study of plant life. Traditionally, botany also included the study of fungi, algae and viruses...

, following in the wake of his uncle, Pierre Joseph Garidel

Pierre Joseph Garidel

Pierre Joseph Garidel , was a French botanist.-Biography:He did medical studies in Mérindol and Bicaïs...

, and went on to be called upon as a doctor in the Hotel-Dieu in Aix-en-Provence

Aix-en-Provence

Aix , or Aix-en-Provence to distinguish it from other cities built over hot springs, is a city-commune in southern France, some north of Marseille. It is in the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, in the département of Bouches-du-Rhône, of which it is a subprefecture. The population of Aix is...

. He would constantly learn more from his patients and from the dissections he would perform on their corpses.

By 1750 he became a doctor in the royal infirmary, then a pediatrician to the Louis XV court, and eventually the very doctor of Louis XVI.

He was also a member of the Royal Academy of Sciences and of the Royal Society of London, and President of the University of Paris.

A street in the centre of Aix-en-Provence

Aix-en-Provence

Aix , or Aix-en-Provence to distinguish it from other cities built over hot springs, is a city-commune in southern France, some north of Marseille. It is in the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, in the département of Bouches-du-Rhône, of which it is a subprefecture. The population of Aix is...

, is named after Joseph Lieutaud

Works

He published an essay on human anatomy.

His Précis de médecine pratique, published in four instalments (between 1760 and 1776), shows how forward-thinking medical sciences were at that time.