Félix Garrigou

Joseph Louis Félix Garrigou (16 September 1835,

A native of Tarascon-sur-Ariège, Garrigou received his medical doctorate in Paris. Subsequently he served as a physician in the town of Ax-les-Thermes, afterwards working in Bagnères-de-Luchon (from 1869).^[1] In 1891 he was appointed chair of medical hydrology at Toulouse.^[2]

He was a founding member of the Association pyrénéenne, and a member of the

• Étude chimique et médicale des eaux sulfureuses d'Ax (Ariège), 1862 - Chemical and medical studies of the sulfurous water of Ax (Ariège).
• L'Age de la Pierre dans les cavernes de la vallée de Tarascon (Ariège) (with Henri Filhol), 1863 - The Stone Age caves in the valley of Tarascon.
• L'âge du renne dans les Basses-Pyrénées (caverne d'Espalungue), (with Louis Martin), 1864 - The era of the
  Basses-Pyrenees
  (caverns of Espalungue).
• Age de la pierre polie dans les cavernes des Pyrénées ariégeoises, 1866 - Era of polished stone in caves in the Ariègois Pyrenees.
• Généralités sur les eaux minérales des Pyrénées, 1873 - Overview on the mineral waters of the Pyrenees.
• Passé, présent, avenir de Luchon, 1874 - Past, present, future of Luchon.
• Histoire de la découverte du mercure dans l'eau de la source du Rocher de Saint-Nectaire (Puy de Dôme), 1879 - History of the discovery of mercury in the water from the source rock of Saint-Nectaire (Puy-de-Dôme).
• L'enseignement de l'hydrologie A Toulouse: La creation d'un Institut d'hydrologie, 1911 - Assignment of hydrology at Toulouse: The creation of an institute of hydrology.^[5][6]

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