Occupation Physician Parents Jean-Baptiste Lieutaud | Name Joseph Lieutaud Education Aix-Marseille University | |
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Born June 21, 1703 Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhone, France Relatives Pierre Joseph Garidel (maternal uncle) Died December 6, 1780, Versailles, France | ||
Early life
Joseph Lieutaud was born on June 21, 1703 at 31 Rue Cardinale in Aix-en-Provence. His father was Jean-Baptiste Lieutaud, a lawyer, and his mother, Louise (de) Garibel. He started studying botany, following in the wake of his uncle, Pierre Joseph Garidel, and went on to be called upon as a doctor in the Hotel-Dieu in Aix-en-Provence. He graduated from the University of Aix-en-Provence in 1725.
Career
By 1750, he became a doctor in the royal infirmary, then a pediatrician to the Louis XV court, and eventually the personal physician of King Louis XVI.
He published an essay on human anatomy. His Precis de medecine pratique, published in four instalments (between 1760 and 1776), shows how forward-thinking medical sciences were at that time.
Death
He died on December 06, 1780 in Versailles.