Leo Testut
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Leo Testut was a French
physician
, born in Saint-Avit-Sénieur
. Son of don Juan Testut and María Deynat. He studied medicine in Burdeos having been interrupted because of war in 1870. After the war he was reincorporated in 1878 to the School of Medicine of Burdeos, having completed his studies with a thesis for which he obtained medals from several Universities of France. He was named Chief of Anatomy of the Faculty of Medicine of Burdeos and continued investigations in anthropology in other universities. He contributed with over 90 publications on anatomy, anthropology, prehistory and history, but his most noteworthy achievement has been being author of "Traité d´anatomie humaine" a complete well written and illustrated work of anatomy composed of 4 volumes that continues to be used in many countries to the present day. The illustrations present in this book continues to be a major source of reference to other anatomy
books.
It is popularly known in medical schools where it is considered the standard anatomy textbook, that he recollected the material published from personal notes and drawings after having failed anatomy
exams several times during medical school until he finally passed.
In 1889, Léo Testut announced that a prehistoric skull, found in Chancelade
, was of a new race, which he called the "Chancelade race", the ancestor of the Eskimo
. This hypothesis, though confirmed by many of his contemporaries, is now rejected, and the Chancelade skull is considered to be a Cro-Magnon
.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
physician
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
, born in Saint-Avit-Sénieur
Saint-Avit-Sénieur
Saint-Avit-Sénieur is a commune in the Dordogne department in Aquitaine in southwestern France.-Population:-References:*...
. Son of don Juan Testut and María Deynat. He studied medicine in Burdeos having been interrupted because of war in 1870. After the war he was reincorporated in 1878 to the School of Medicine of Burdeos, having completed his studies with a thesis for which he obtained medals from several Universities of France. He was named Chief of Anatomy of the Faculty of Medicine of Burdeos and continued investigations in anthropology in other universities. He contributed with over 90 publications on anatomy, anthropology, prehistory and history, but his most noteworthy achievement has been being author of "Traité d´anatomie humaine" a complete well written and illustrated work of anatomy composed of 4 volumes that continues to be used in many countries to the present day. The illustrations present in this book continues to be a major source of reference to other anatomy
Anatomy
Anatomy is a branch of biology and medicine that is the consideration of the structure of living things. It is a general term that includes human anatomy, animal anatomy , and plant anatomy...
books.
It is popularly known in medical schools where it is considered the standard anatomy textbook, that he recollected the material published from personal notes and drawings after having failed anatomy
Anatomy
Anatomy is a branch of biology and medicine that is the consideration of the structure of living things. It is a general term that includes human anatomy, animal anatomy , and plant anatomy...
exams several times during medical school until he finally passed.
In 1889, Léo Testut announced that a prehistoric skull, found in Chancelade
Chancelade
-References:*...
, was of a new race, which he called the "Chancelade race", the ancestor of the Eskimo
Eskimo
Eskimos or Inuit–Yupik peoples are indigenous peoples who have traditionally inhabited the circumpolar region from eastern Siberia , across Alaska , Canada, and Greenland....
. This hypothesis, though confirmed by many of his contemporaries, is now rejected, and the Chancelade skull is considered to be a Cro-Magnon
Cro-Magnon
The Cro-Magnon were the first early modern humans of the European Upper Paleolithic. The earliest known remains of Cro-Magnon-like humans are radiometrically dated to 35,000 years before present....
.