Jean-Baptiste de Sénac
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| Born | 1693 |
| Died | December 22, 1770 |
Jean-Baptiste de Sénac (1693–1770) was a French physician, born in the district of Lombez in Gascony, France.[1][2]
Early life and education
Details of Sénac's early life are sketchy. It is generally thought that he studied medicine at the
the Netherlands. He later studied in London, England, where one of his instructors was John Freind (1675–1728). Beginning in 1723, Sénac practiced medicine in Paris, serving (from 1752 to 1770) as a personal physician to King Louis XV
.
Contributions to medicine
Sénac is remembered for important studies of the
diseases
that he analyzed personally, as well as diagnoses that were determined by other physicians.
Many of Sénac's discoveries were derived from
mitral valve disease, as well as the first to provide a comprehensive study of cardiac hypertrophy. He also conducted research of cinchona extract and rhubarb
as possible treatments for cardiac irregularities.
Gabriel Sénac de Meilhan was his son.
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