Jean Louis Petit ( 1674 - 1750 )

Birth: Paris, France (13 March 1674) Death: Paris, France (20 April 1750 or 20 April 1760) Profession: Surgeon Education: Began studying anatomy at the age of 12; MS (1700) Career: Surgeon in the Army; Surgeon at the Hospital in Tournai (1697); practised in Paris, where he became the most famous surgeon in France; summoned to attend the King of Poland (1726) and the future King of Spain (1734); the King of Prussia sought his advice on training army surgeons; Royal Censor of surgical books; Director of the Academie Royale de Chirurgie (1731) Memberships: Academie Royale des Sciences (1715) Membership: Fellow Election Date: 6/11/1729 Proposers: Frank Nicholls: Sir Hans Sloane: William Rutty.