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'''Justin Benoît''' (16 April 1813 in [[Millau]] |
'''Justin Benoît''' (16 April 1813 in [[Millau]] – 6 November 1893 in [[Montpellier]]) was a [[French people|French]] physician and [[anatomist]]. |
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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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Son of Guillaume Benoît and Marie Cabantous<ref name="Léonore"/><ref group=note>The birth certificate of the Léonore base bears the date of 16 April 1813, both parents (Guillaume and Marie) and one first name: Justin.</ref> Justin Benoît married Héloïse-Mira Cavalier, daughter of Jacques Cavalier, notary, and Louise Vernet. The Benoît couple had four children, including |
Son of Guillaume Benoît and Marie Cabantous,<ref name="Léonore"/><ref group=note>The birth certificate of the Léonore base bears the date of 16 April 1813, both parents (Guillaume and Marie) and one first name: Justin.</ref> Justin Benoît married Héloïse-Mira Cavalier, daughter of Jacques Cavalier, notary, and Louise Vernet. The Benoît couple had four children, including a daughter, Caroline Benoît, who married General [[François Perrier (French Army officer)|François Perrier]] in 1872.<ref name="Académie">{{cite web |last1=Fourmaux |first1=Francine |title=BENOÎT Étienne Justin |url=http://cths.fr/an/savant.php?id=5383# |website=cths.fr |publisher=Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques |access-date=6 March 2021|publication-date=6 November 2020 |language=fr}}</ref> |
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Justin Benoit was an active member of the [[Reformed Church]] of Montpellier |
Justin Benoit was an active and life-long member of the [[Reformed Church]] of Montpellier. He was elected to the [[Presbyteral Council]] of the Temple in rue Maguelone, of which he was secretary from 1874 to 1881. |
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==Professional life== |
==Professional life== |
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After being appointed by competitive examination as a student of the “École pratique d'anatomie et de médecine opératoire” (Practical School of Anatomy and Operative Medicine) and after spending seventeen months as a hospital student (“Externe”) in the hospitals of Montpellier, he became an [[Internat|intern]] at the hospital of [[Nîmes]] in 1835.<ref name="Tomolis">{{cite web |last1=Bonnel |first1=François |last2=Bonnel |first2=Christophe |title=Justin Benoit |url=http://www.tomolis.com/anatomie/index.php/justin-benoit/ |website=tomolis.com |publisher=Musée d'anatomie de Montpellier |access-date=6 March 2021 |location=Montpellier |language=fr}}</ref> On 20 December 1836, he became an intern at the Montpellier Hospitals and then at the Saint-Eloi Hospital.<ref name="BIU">{{cite book |last1=Dupré |first1=G. |title=Analyse et appréciation des travaux et titres scientifiques du Dr Benoît |date=1853 |publisher=Boehm |location=Montpellier |url=https://www.biusante.parisdescartes.fr/histoire/medica/resultats/index.php?do=page&cote=110133x002x09&p=5 |access-date=7 March 2021 |language=fr}}</ref> |
After being appointed by competitive examination as a student of the “École pratique d'anatomie et de médecine opératoire” (Practical School of Anatomy and Operative Medicine) and after spending seventeen months as a hospital student (“Externe”) in the hospitals of Montpellier, he became an [[Internat|intern]] at the hospital of [[Nîmes]] in 1835.<ref name="Tomolis">{{cite web |last1=Bonnel |first1=François |last2=Bonnel |first2=Christophe |title=Justin Benoit |url=http://www.tomolis.com/anatomie/index.php/justin-benoit/ |website=tomolis.com |publisher=Musée d'anatomie de Montpellier |access-date=6 March 2021 |location=Montpellier |language=fr}}</ref> On 20 December 1836, he became an intern at the Montpellier Hospitals and then at the Saint-Eloi Hospital.<ref name="BIU">{{cite book |last1=Dupré |first1=G. |title=Analyse et appréciation des travaux et titres scientifiques du Dr Benoît |date=1853 |publisher=Boehm |location=Montpellier |url=https://www.biusante.parisdescartes.fr/histoire/medica/resultats/index.php?do=page&cote=110133x002x09&p=5 |access-date=7 March 2021 |language=fr}}</ref> |
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Doctor of Medicine in April 1839, he was admitted to the ''[[agrégation]]'' of the surgical section in 1844 after submitting his first aggregation thesis on 27 December 1842.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Benoït |first1=Justin |title=De l'influence de l'air et des aliments sur la production et le traitement des maladies chirurgicales |date=1842 |publisher=Martel Ainé |location=Montpellier |url=https://books.google. |
Doctor of Medicine in April 1839, he was admitted to the ''[[agrégation]]'' of the surgical section in 1844 after submitting his first aggregation thesis on 27 December 1842.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Benoït |first1=Justin |title=De l'influence de l'air et des aliments sur la production et le traitement des maladies chirurgicales |date=1842 |publisher=Martel Ainé |location=Montpellier |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aUxpAAAAcAAJ&q=%22Justin+Benoit%22&pg=PA1 |access-date=6 March 2021 |language=fr}}</ref> That same year, he became a practitioner in the “Œuvre de la Miséricorde” in Montpellier, he also took charge of the medical service of the garrisons of Nîmes and then Montpellier. |
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He was curator of the anatomy collections of the [[University of Montpellier|Faculty of Medicine of Montpellier]] from 1850 to 1853. In 1851 he inaugurated the new buildings of the present Anatomical Museum.<ref name="Catalunya">{{cite web |title=Justin Benoit |url=http://ramc.cat/biblioteca/medicina-doccitania/biografies-mediques/justin-benoit/ |website=ramc.cat |publisher=Reial Acadèmia de Medicina de Catalunya |access-date=6 March 2021 |language=ca}}</ref> |
He was curator of the anatomy collections of the [[University of Montpellier|Faculty of Medicine of Montpellier]] from 1850 to 1853. In 1851 he inaugurated the new buildings of the present Anatomical Museum.<ref name="Catalunya">{{cite web |title=Justin Benoit |url=http://ramc.cat/biblioteca/medicina-doccitania/biografies-mediques/justin-benoit/ |website=ramc.cat |publisher=Reial Acadèmia de Medicina de Catalunya |access-date=6 March 2021 |language=ca}}</ref> |
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At the Faculty of Medicine, he served as a substitute, then obtained the chair of anatomy in 1853.<ref name="Tomolis"/> He held this position until his retirement in November 1886.<ref name="Académie"/> During the [[Crimean War]] (1853-1856) he was head of the military ambulance service.<ref name="Léonore"/> In 1880, he was elected dean of the faculty for five years<ref name="Tomolis"/> and advocated moving the former St. Eloi Hospital out of the city.<ref name="Catalunya"/> |
At the Faculty of Medicine, he served as a substitute, then obtained the chair of anatomy in 1853.<ref name="Tomolis"/> He held this position until his retirement in November 1886.<ref name="Académie"/> During the [[Crimean War]] (1853-1856) he was head of the military ambulance service.<ref name="Léonore"/> In 1880, he was elected dean of the faculty for five years<ref name="Tomolis"/> and advocated moving the former St. Eloi Hospital out of the city.<ref name="Catalunya"/> |
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Retired in 1886, he died on 6 November 1893.<ref name="Tomolis"/> He was buried in the |
Retired in 1886, he died on 6 November 1893.<ref name="Tomolis"/> He was buried in the [[Protestant Cemetery, Montpellier|Protestant cemetery of Montpellier]].<ref name="Académie"/> |
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==Works== |
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==Distinctions== |
==Distinctions== |
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*[[File:Legion Honneur Officier ribbon.svg|50px|Legion of Honour]] Officer of the [[Legion of Honour]] (30 March 1885)<ref name="Léonore">{{Base Léonore|LH/181/49}}</ref> |
*[[File:Legion Honneur Officier ribbon.svg|50px|Legion of Honour]] Officer of the [[Legion of Honour]] (30 March 1885)<ref name="Léonore">{{Base Léonore|LH/181/49}}</ref> |
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*[[File:436px ribbon bar of the Order of the Rose (Brazil).svg|50px|Order of the Rose]] Officer of the Brazilian [[Order of the Rose]] (20 July 1872)<ref name="Léonore"/> |
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*[[File:Palmes academiques Officier ribbon.svg|50px|Officier d'Académie]] Officer of the [[Ordre des Palmes académiques]]<ref name="Léonore"/> |
*[[File:Palmes academiques Officier ribbon.svg|50px|Officier d'Académie]] Officer of the [[Ordre des Palmes académiques]]<ref name="Léonore"/> |
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* Member of the {{Interlanguage link|Académie des sciences et lettres de Montpellier|fr}} from 1847. |
* Member of the {{Interlanguage link|Académie des sciences et lettres de Montpellier|fr}} from 1847. |
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* Member of the {{Interlanguage link|Reial Acadèmia de Medicina de Catalunya|ca}} to which he sent many works<ref name="Catalunya"/> |
* Member of the {{Interlanguage link|Reial Acadèmia de Medicina de Catalunya|ca}} to which he sent many works.<ref name="Catalunya"/> |
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==Legacy== |
==Legacy== |
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Justin Benoît | |
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_CIPF0004.jpg) Justin Benoît by Baudon (Photographer) | |
| Born | 16 May 1813 |
| Died | 6 November 1893 (aged 80) Montpellier, Hérault, France |
| Resting place | Protestant Cemetery, Montpellier 43°36′10″N 3°53′08″E / 43.6028°N 3.88555°E) |
| Nationality | French |
| Alma mater | University of Montpellier |
| Spouse | Héloïse-Mira Cavalier |
| Children | Caroline Benoît, wife of General François Perrier |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physician, anatomist |
| Institutions | University of Montpellier |
| Thesis | De l'emploi thérapeutique du nitrate d'argent, et spécialement de l'emploi de cette substance dans les maladies (1839) |
Justin Benoît (16 April 1813 in Millau – 6 November 1893 in Montpellier) was a French physician and anatomist.
Biography
[edit]Son of Guillaume Benoît and Marie Cabantous,[1][note 1] Justin Benoît married Héloïse-Mira Cavalier, daughter of Jacques Cavalier, notary, and Louise Vernet. The Benoît couple had four children, including a daughter, Caroline Benoît, who married General François Perrier in 1872.[2]
Justin Benoit was an active and life-long member of the Reformed Church of Montpellier. He was elected to the Presbyteral Council of the Temple in rue Maguelone, of which he was secretary from 1874 to 1881.
Professional life
[edit]After being appointed by competitive examination as a student of the “École pratique d'anatomie et de médecine opératoire” (Practical School of Anatomy and Operative Medicine) and after spending seventeen months as a hospital student (“Externe”) in the hospitals of Montpellier, he became an intern at the hospital of Nîmes in 1835.[3] On 20 December 1836, he became an intern at the Montpellier Hospitals and then at the Saint-Eloi Hospital.[4]
Doctor of Medicine in April 1839, he was admitted to the agrégation of the surgical section in 1844 after submitting his first aggregation thesis on 27 December 1842.[5] That same year, he became a practitioner in the “Œuvre de la Miséricorde” in Montpellier, he also took charge of the medical service of the garrisons of Nîmes and then Montpellier.
He was curator of the anatomy collections of the Faculty of Medicine of Montpellier from 1850 to 1853. In 1851 he inaugurated the new buildings of the present Anatomical Museum.[6]
At the Faculty of Medicine, he served as a substitute, then obtained the chair of anatomy in 1853.[3] He held this position until his retirement in November 1886.[2] During the Crimean War (1853-1856) he was head of the military ambulance service.[1] In 1880, he was elected dean of the faculty for five years[3] and advocated moving the former St. Eloi Hospital out of the city.[6]
Retired in 1886, he died on 6 November 1893.[3] He was buried in the Protestant cemetery of Montpellier.[2]
Works
[edit]- Mémoires de médecine et chirurgie cliniques available at Gallica (1850).
- Des principes qui doivent diriger dans l'étude et l'enseignement de l'anatomie humaine available at Gallica (1852)
- Autoplastie de la main.
- Traité de l'angine laryngée oedémateuse.
- Consultation sur un cas d'hermaphrodisme.
- De l'Efficacité du traitement arabique dans les syphilis invétérées et dans plusieurs autres maladies diathétiques rebelles.
- De l'emploi thérapeutique du nitrate d'argent, et spécialement de l'emploi de cette substance dans les maladies.
- De l'influence de l'air et des aliments dans le traitement des maladies chirurgicales.
- De l'Insalubrité de l'hôpital Saint-Éloi de Montpellier, de la nécessité de le remplacer par un hôpital offrant de meilleures conditions hygiéniques (Extract from the report presented to the Academic Council of Montpellier, 29 November 1880).
Distinctions
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Officer of the Legion of Honour (30 March 1885)[1]
Officer of the Brazilian Order of the Rose (20 July 1872)[1]
Officer of the Ordre des Palmes académiques[1]- Member of the Académie des sciences et lettres de Montpellier from 1847.
- Member of the Reial Acadèmia de Medicina de Catalunya to which he sent many works.[6]
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Legacy
[edit]- A street bears his name in Millau : impasse Doyen Justin Benoît. (44°05′34″N 3°03′12″E / 44.0928650710546°N 3.0534566446970985°E)
- The painter Édouard-Antoine Marsal made a portrait of him[7]
Notes
[edit]- ^ The birth certificate of the Léonore base bears the date of 16 April 1813, both parents (Guillaume and Marie) and one first name: Justin.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Notice no. LH/181/49". Base Léonore (in French).
- ^ a b c Fourmaux, Francine (6 November 2020). "BENOÎT Étienne Justin". cths.fr (in French). Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ a b c d Bonnel, François; Bonnel, Christophe. "Justin Benoit". tomolis.com (in French). Montpellier: Musée d'anatomie de Montpellier. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ Dupré, G. (1853). Analyse et appréciation des travaux et titres scientifiques du Dr Benoît (in French). Montpellier: Boehm. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
- ^ Benoït, Justin (1842). De l'influence de l'air et des aliments sur la production et le traitement des maladies chirurgicales (in French). Montpellier: Martel Ainé. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ a b c "Justin Benoit". ramc.cat (in Catalan). Reial Acadèmia de Medicina de Catalunya. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ "Portrait de Justin Benoit". collections.umontpellier.fr (in French). Service du Patrimoine Historique. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
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