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Henry Jacques Garrigues (June 6, 1831 – July 7, 1913) was a Danish-born American doctor considered to have introduced antiseptic obstetrics to the United States.
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Early life and education
Henri Jacques Garrigues was born in Copenhagen, Denmark to the merchant of French Huguenot origin Jacques Louis Garrigue (1789-1854) and his wife Cecile Olivia Duntzfelt (1798-1863), daughter of Danish merchant Christian Vilhelm Duntzfelt (1763-1809) and maternal granddaughter of Dutch merchant Frédéric de Coninck.Charlotte Garrigue, the first lady of Czechoslovakia, was his niece. His first cousin was Malvine Garrigues, the noted soprano.
Career
Garrigues graduated from the University of Copenhagen Faculty of Health Sciences with a medical degree in 1869.
After graduating, Garrigues moved to the United States where he resided and worked in New York City. He was named an obstetric surgeon at the New York Maternity Hospital and a physician in the Gynecologic Department of the German Dispensary (now Lenox Hill Hospital).
In 1877, Garrigues became a fellow of the American Gynecological Society and was made vice president in 1897.
Death
On July 7, 1913, Garrigues died at his home in Tryon, North Carolina, aged 82. He is buried in that city.