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Jean Louis Petit
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Jean-Louis Petit (1674-1750) was a French surgeon. He was first enthusiastic about anatomy, received a master's certificate in surgery in Paris in
1700. He became a member of the French
Royal Academy of Sciences in
1715, and was named director of the French
Royal Academy of Surgery by the king when it was created in
1731. He acquired great notoriety because of his skill and experience, thanks to his case reports of
hemorrhage,
lacrimal fistula, operation on the
frenum, for his treatise on bone diseases and especially for his general treatise on surgical operations on which he worked 12 years and which was finished after his death by
F.D. Lesne.
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