Louis Gayant Explained

Louis Gayant (died 1673) was a French surgeon and anatomist. He was one of the founding members of the French Academy of Sciences.^[1]

He was born at Clermont-en-Beauvaisis, and became a leading anatomist, but remained unpublished.^{[2] [3]} He is given credit in the discovery by Jean Pecquet of the Cisterna chyli.^[4]

Gayant was associated with the Collège de Saint-Côme.^[5] He died at the Siege of Maastricht, while on active service as a military surgeon.^[6]

External links

• Galileo Project page

Notes and References

1. E. Fauré-Fremiet, Les Origines de L'académie des Sciences de Paris, Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London Vol. 21, No. 1 (Jun., 1966), pp. 20-31, at p. 29. Published by: The Royal Society.Stable URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/530815
2. Book: D. J. Sturdy. Science and Social Status: The Members of the "Académie Des Sciences", 1666-1750. 29 May 2013. 1995. Boydell & Brewer. 978-0-85115-395-7. 110.
3. Book: Roger Jacques. The Life Sciences in Eighteenth Century French Thought. 29 May 2013. 1997. Stanford University Press. 978-0-8047-8083-4. 139.
4. Book: Louis Moréri. Louis Moréri. Claude Pierre Goujet. Claude Pierre Goujet. Étienne François Drouet. Le Grand Dictionnaire Historique, O - Q. 29 May 2013. 1759. Libraires Associés. 154.
5. Book: Nicolas F. J. Eloy. Dictionnaire Historique de la Médecine Ancienne et Moderne, L - P. 29 May 2013. 1778. Hoyois. 508.
6. Book: Michael Cyril William Hunter. Archives of the Scientific Revolution: The Formation and Exchange of Ideas in Seventeenth-century Europe. 29 May 2013. 1998. Boydell & Brewer. 978-0-85115-553-1. 189.