Jean-Eugène Dezeimeris Explained

Jean-Eugène Dezeimeris (20 November 1799, Villefranche-de-Lonchat – 16 February 1852, Paris) was a French librarian and historian of medicine.

He studied medicine in Bordeaux and Paris. In 1819 he quit these studies in order to conduct research of medicine from a historical standpoint. After several years of research, he published his magnum opus, "Dictionnaire historique de la médecine, ancienne et moderne" (1828 -). Eventually, he obtained his doctorate with the thesis "Quelques réflexions sur l'histoire de la médecine" (Some reflections on the history of medicine; 1832).^[1]

In 1830 he became an assistant librarian at the Faculty of Medicine in Paris, where in 1836, he was appointed chief librarian, a post he maintained until his death in 1852.^[1] He was also interested in agricultural economics and published a number of treatises on the subject.^[2] From 1842 to 1846 and in 1848/49 he represented the department of Dordogne in the Assemblée nationale (French National Assembly).^[3]

Published works

From 1837 to 1843, with Émile Littré, he was editor of the periodical "L'Expérience : journal de médecine et de chirurgie". The following are a few of Dezeimeris' noteworthy written works:

• Dictionnaire historique de la médecine, ancienne et moderne (4 tomes in 7 volumes) 1828-39, (in collaboration with Jacques Raige-Delorme; Charles-Prosper Ollivier d'Angers)  - Historical dictionary of ancient and modern medicine.
• Lettres sur l'histoire de la médecine : et sur la nécessité de l'enseignement de cette histoire, suivies de fragmens historiques, 1838  - Letters on the history of medicine, etc.
• Resumé de la médecine hippocratique; ou, Aphorismes d'Hippocrates, 1843  - Summary of Hippocratic medicine, or aphorisms of Hippocrates.
• Conseils aux agriculteurs sur l'art d'expoiter le sol avec profit et au gouvernement sur les moyens de relever notre agriculture, ou mélanges d'économie rurale et d'économie politique agricole, 1850.^[4]

He also made contributions to Nicolas-Philibert Adelon's "Dictionnaire de médecine, ou, répertoire général des sciences médicales".^[5]

External links

• • Jean-Eugène Dezeimeris on data.bnf.fr

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=peo7AAAAcAAJ&dq=%22Dezeimeris%2C+Jean-Eug%C3%A8ne%22+1799&pg=PA509 Dictionnaire encyclopédique des sciences médicales, Volume 28
2. https://www.google.com/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=inauthor:%22Jean-Eug%C3%A8ne+Dezeimeris%22 Google Search
3. Web site: Eugène, Jean Dezeimeris - Base de données des députés français depuis 1789 - Assemblée nationale. www2.assemblee-nationale.fr.
4. http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n85801635/ Most widely held works by Jean Eugène Dezeimeris
5. https://books.google.com/books?id=vayLbev_5_sC&dq=%22Dezeimeris%22+%22Nicolas+Philibert+Adelon%22&pg=PP7 Dictionnaire de médecine, ou, répertoire général des sciences médicales ...