Amussat, Jean-Zuléma (1796-1856), French surgeon

9 autograph letters by Jean-Zuléma Amussat, numbered 1-9. Correspondents include his sister Lucile Garnot (nos.1, 2, 3, 6, 7)), his son Alphonse-Auguste (nos.2, 3), his brother-in-law Mr Garnot (no.4), his grand-daughter Louise Garnot (no.8).

1 autograph receipt by Amussat (no.10)

75 autograph letters received by Amussat, numbered 11-86.

5 autograph letters by Mr. Lechantre, Amussat's cousin, numbered 87-91.

19 autograph letters by other relatives, numbered 92-100. Scriptwriters include: Mr Garnot, brother of Amussat's brother-in-law (no.92), le baron de Mareuil (no.94). Addressees include: Mr Boitet, printer in Lyon (France) (no.95); Mr Bosc, receveur de rentes in Paris (no.96).

1 report of the examination of 31 corpses in the cimetery of the Mont Parmasse, on 11 May 1842 (no.100).

1817-1854

1 file (100 items)

Purchased from: Charavay, Paris, March 1928 (acc.67375); Desgranges, Paris, February 1930 (acc.55165); Charavay, Paris, January 1932 (acc.64878); Charavay, Paris, April 1934 (acc.67378); no accession details for nos. 5, 28.

Jean-Zuléma Amussat was born on 21 November 1796 in Saint-Maixent, Deux-Sèvres (France). He became a renowned physician whose primary contributions were in the field of genitourinary surgery. Most of his work was through a private practice he held in Paris. He is remembered for the eponymous Amussat's method or "torsion of the arteries", which is a procedure used to arrest arterial hemorrhaging. He died on 13 May 1856.