Chamberet, Jean-Baptiste-Joseph-Anne-César Tyrbas de, 1779-1870

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Chamberet was born in Limoges, France in 1779 and was a distinguished military surgeon. He studied in Limogenes and Paris, where he won the the prize for clinical internship. He accompanied French armies in Italy and Spain and was present at the Battle of Waterloo. He became chief medical officer of Val de Grâce. In 1831 he was included in the party of French doctors sent to Poland to study the cholera epidemic and prevent its spread. His report was later published in the "Mèmoires de médicine, de chirugie et de pharmicie militaire" and as a monograph in 1832.

From the description of Rapport sur le cholera-morbus observé en Pologne, en 1831. (National Library of Medicine). WorldCat record id: 50155720

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Birth 1779-09-19

Death 1870

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