Chabert, M. (Philibert), 1737-1814

Chabert was affiliated with L'école veterinaire d'Alfort and in 1780 became directeur en chef des Ecoles veterinaires de France.

From the description of Essais sur la pratique de la chirurgie vétérinaire : [Alfort] / M. Chabert, 1796. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 14294911

Philibert Chabert was a pioneer of veterinary medicine and is best remembered for giving the first important clinical description of anthrax.

Anthrax was originally known as Chabert's Disease and played a central role in the proof of the germ theory of disease and the foundation of bacteriology via the anthrax studies of Darvaine, Koch and Pasteur later in the nineteenth century. A student at the first veterinary school, in Lyons, Chabert came to Paris where he taught at and, in 1780, took over the Royal Veterinary School.

From the description of Droguier à l'usage des élèves de l'École royalle vétérinaire, [ca. 1780]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 49320928