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Joseph Marie Dubreuil


NationalityFrench 
RolesNaval Sailor, Medic 
Date of Birth14.8.1790 - Landerneau ref:673
First Known Service28.6.1804ref:673
Father
Jean François DubrueilFrench
Medic
Service 1754-1819
ref:673
Last Known Service1819ref:673
Date of Death20.11.1852 - Montpellier , Héraultref:673

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
28.6.1804 Pharmacien Auxiliaire de Troisième Classeref:673
28.6.180412.1807At Brest.ref:673
1.1808 Chirurgien de Troisième Classeref:673
1.1808 
L'Oreste (16) 1805-1810
French 16 Gun
Unrated Brig-Corvette
, Chirurgien de Troisième Classe
ref:673
1.180810.6.1808Serves on the "Oreste" and "Tonnerre" .ref:673
2.180810.6.1808
Le Tonnerre (74) 1808-1809
French 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Chirurgien de Troisième Classe, second ship of the year ?? , no date engagement
ref:673
18091810He embarked on the "Dauphin" .ref:673
1.2.1810 Chirurgien de Seconde Classeref:673
25.2.1813 He is defending his Doctorate in Medicine in Paris (Essay on cases requiring limb amputation) .ref:673
4.18136.1814He campaigned in Holland under the orders of Admiral Ver-Huell , surgeon of the Texel Hospital Ship near Amsterdam .ref:673
7.18141818He was assigned to the Brest Hospital until 1818 .ref:673
18161817On board of the frigate Eurydice , on a mission in the West Indies where he studied yellow fever .ref:673
18161817
Eurydice (44) 1810-1825
French 44 Gun
5th Rate Frigate
1814 Renamed "Eurydice"
, Chirurgien de Seconde Classe
ref:673
3.1818 He was posted to the Ile de Sein .ref:673
8.1818 He was appointed Professor of Anatomy at Rochefort .ref:673
1819 Chirurgien de Première Classeref:673
18191822He is Professor of Surgery and Physiology at the School of Toulon .ref:673
17.8.1822 Appointed Chevalier de Ordre Royal de la Légion d'Honneurref:673
12.12.1824 He was appointed Professor of Anatomy in Montpellier . He created a chair of anatomy separate from surgery, of which he was the first holder until his death . He wanted his work to be a bridge between these two branches of medicine through a science that was not yet individualized : pathological anatomy . According to Bouisson (dean of the Medical School of Montpellier in 1868), "anatomy rose under the effect of his ardent speech , his indefatigable zeal , his organizing character ."ref:673
8.18359.1835A cholera epidemic from India hits the south of France . Appointed Commissioner in charge of studying the disease by Minister Duchatel , he traveled from August to September 1835 , in the company of Rech , member of the Health Council , Languedoc , Provence and Comtat Venaissin .He is writing a report on Asian cholera morbus.ref:673
30.4.1836 Appointed Chevalier de Ordre Royal de la Légion d'Honneurref:673
1847 He publishes "Arterial anomalies considered in their relation to pathology and arterial operations" , a work on pathological anatomy for the use of surgeons .ref:673

Notes on Officer


Appointment no dateref:673

Membre correspondant de l’Académie de Médecine .



Sources


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ref:673Parcours d'officiers dans la Royale Web Site
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