He was born at Montpellier, educated at Narbonne and Toulouse, and began the study of medicine at Montpellier in 1750, taking his doctor's degree in 1753. In 1756, he obtained the appointment of physician to the military hospital in Normandy attached to the army of observation commanded by Marshal d'Estrées, but a severe attack of hospital fever compelled him to leave this post. In 1757, his services were required in the medical staff of the army of Westphalia, where he had the rank of consulting physician, and on his return to Paris he acted as joint editor of the Journal des savants and the Encyclopédie méthodique. In 1759 he obtained a medical professorship at Montpellier, and in 1774 he was created joint chancellor of the university.[1]
In 1778, he published his most famous work, Nouveaux élémens de la science de l'homme, in which he employs the expression "vital principle" as a convenient term for the cause of the phenomena of life, without committing himself to either a spiritualistic or a materialistic view of its nature. Taking the degree of doctor of civil law in 1780, he secured the appointment of counsellor to the Supreme Court of Aids at Montpellier, but he soon took up his residence in Paris, having been nominated consulting physician to the king. In 1784, he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.[1] Paul Joseph Barthez was called upon to edit or contribute several entries in the Encyclopédie of Denis Diderot and d’Alembert.[2]
On the outbreak of the French Revolution he lost much of his fortune, but was much esteemed and honoured by Napoleon. He retired to Carcassonne, where he devoted himself to the study of theoretical medicine. It was from this retreat that he gave to the world his Nouvelle mécanique des mouvemens de l'homme et des animaux, which appeared in 1798. In 1802 he published his Traitement des maladies goutteuses, and he afterwards occupied himself in preparing for the press a new edition of his Élémens de la science de l'homme, of which he just lived to see the publication. His health had been declining for some years before his death, which took place soon after his removal to Paris.[1]
He bequeathed his books and manuscripts to J. Lordat, who published two volumes of his Consultations de médecine in 1810. His Traité du beau was also published posthumously in 1807.
^Frank A. Kafker: Notices sur les auteurs des dix-sept volumes de « discours » de l'Encyclopédie. Recherches sur Diderot et sur l’Encyclopédie Année 1989 Volume 7 Numéro 7 p. 129
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Barthez, Paul Joseph". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 449.
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paul, joseph, barthez, december, 1734, october, 1806, french, physician, physiologist, encyclopedist, developed, take, biological, theory, known, vitalism, life, edithe, born, montpellier, educated, narbonne, toulouse, began, study, medicine, montpellier, 1750. Paul Joseph Barthez 11 December 1734 15 October 1806 was a French physician physiologist and encyclopedist who developed a take on the biological theory known as vitalism Paul Joseph BarthezLife editHe was born at Montpellier educated at Narbonne and Toulouse and began the study of medicine at Montpellier in 1750 taking his doctor s degree in 1753 In 1756 he obtained the appointment of physician to the military hospital in Normandy attached to the army of observation commanded by Marshal d Estrees but a severe attack of hospital fever compelled him to leave this post In 1757 his services were required in the medical staff of the army of Westphalia where he had the rank of consulting physician and on his return to Paris he acted as joint editor of the Journal des savants and the Encyclopedie methodique In 1759 he obtained a medical professorship at Montpellier and in 1774 he was created joint chancellor of the university 1 In 1778 he published his most famous work Nouveaux elemens de la science de l homme in which he employs the expression vital principle as a convenient term for the cause of the phenomena of life without committing himself to either a spiritualistic or a materialistic view of its nature Taking the degree of doctor of civil law in 1780 he secured the appointment of counsellor to the Supreme Court of Aids at Montpellier but he soon took up his residence in Paris having been nominated consulting physician to the king In 1784 he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences 1 Paul Joseph Barthez was called upon to edit or contribute several entries in the Encyclopedie of Denis Diderot and d Alembert 2 On the outbreak of the French Revolution he lost much of his fortune but was much esteemed and honoured by Napoleon He retired to Carcassonne where he devoted himself to the study of theoretical medicine It was from this retreat that he gave to the world his Nouvelle mecanique des mouvemens de l homme et des animaux which appeared in 1798 In 1802 he published his Traitement des maladies goutteuses and he afterwards occupied himself in preparing for the press a new edition of his Elemens de la science de l homme of which he just lived to see the publication His health had been declining for some years before his death which took place soon after his removal to Paris 1 He bequeathed his books and manuscripts to J Lordat who published two volumes of his Consultations de medecine in 1810 His Traite du beau was also published posthumously in 1807 Notes edit a b c Chisholm 1911 Frank A Kafker Notices sur les auteurs des dix sept volumes de discours de l Encyclopedie Recherches sur Diderot et sur l Encyclopedie Annee 1989 Volume 7 Numero 7 p 129References edit nbsp This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain Chisholm Hugh ed 1911 Barthez Paul Joseph Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol 3 11th ed Cambridge University Press p 449 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Paul Joseph Barthez amp oldid 1038813001, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
