Antoine Magnol Explained

Antoine Magnol (1676 – 10 March 1759) was a French physician and botanist born in Montpellier. He was the son of the notable botanist Pierre Magnol (1638–1715).

In 1696 he obtained his medical doctorate, and in 1715 became a full professor at the University of Montpellier.^[1] Antoine Magnol maintained a professorship at Montpellier in an official capacity for many years.

Published works

He is known for posthumous edition of his father's works, especially the 1720 publication of Novus caracter [sic] plantarum.^[2] Other written works associated with Antoine Magnol include:

• Latin: Quaestio medica: an diaphoretica lethargo, (1710; August Moreau, thesis/dissertation).
• Latin: Dissertatio de naturali secretione bilis in jecore (Montpellier, 1719; Bernard de Jussieu, dissertation, Antoine Magnol: praeses).
• Latin: Quaestio medico-chirurgica, an cataractae confirmatae, operatio chirurgica unicum remedium, (1731; Pierre Laulanié: respondent, dissertation).
• Latin: De natura et causis fluiditatis sanguinis naturalis et deperditæ (Montpellier, 1741, with Louis Laugier).^{[3] [4]}

References

• "This article incorporates text based on a translation of an equivalent article at the French Wikipedia".

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=y_wGAAAAcAAJ&dq=%22Magnol%2C+Antoine%22+1676&pg=PA154 Dictionnaire des Sciences Médicales - Biographie Médicale: Lemm - Rey, Volume 6
2. http://www.idref.fr/079157637 IDREF.fr
3. http://classify.oclc.org/classify2/ClassifyDemo?search-author-txt=%22Magnol%2C+Antoine%2C+1676-1759%22 OCLC Classify
4. http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no2008187597/ WorldCat Identities