Antoine Louis Dugès

Antoine Louis Dugès
Antoine Louis Dugès
	Antoine Dugès
Born	Antoine Louis Dugès; December 19, 1797; Charleville-Mézières, France
Died	May 1, 1838 (aged 40); Montpellier, France
Nationality	French
Known for	Dugès, A.
	Scientific career
Fields	Zoology, Obstetrics
Institutions	University of Montpellier
Author abbrev. (zoology)	Dugès

Antoine Louis Dugès (December 19, 1797 – May 1, 1838) was a French obstetrician and naturalist born in Charleville-Mézières, Ardennes. He was the father of zoologist Alfredo Dugès (1826–1910), and a nephew to midwife Marie-Louise Lachapelle (1769–1821).

He studied medicine in Paris and began work as a prosector in 1820. In 1825 he received his agrégation, shortly afterwards being appointed professor of obstetrics at the University of Montpellier. In 1826, he published Manuel d'obstétrique, a textbook on obstetrics that was published in several editions. He was also responsible for the publication of his aunt's works on obstetrics.

As a zoologist, Dugès conducted osteological and myological studies of amphibians. He also performed extensive research of acarids (mites). In 1838, he published an influential work on comparative physiology, titled Traité de physiologie comparée.

He was a member of several learned societies, including the Académie de Médecine and the Académie des sciences de Paris. He died in Montpellier on May 1, 1838, at the age of 40.

Eponyms

Antoine Louis Dugès is commemorated in the scientific name of a species of lizard, Lacerta dugesii.[1]

The genus of freshwater planarians Dugesia is named after him.

Selected publications

Essai sur la nature de la fièvre, 1823
Manuel d'obstétrique, 1826
Discours sur les causes et le traitement des difformités du rachis, 1827
Recherches sur l'organisation et les mœurs des Planariées, 1828
Mémoire sur la conformité organique dans l'échelle animale, 1832
Recherches sur l'ostéologie et la myologie des batraciens à leurs différens âges, 1834
Recherches sur l'ordre des Acariens en général et la famille des Trombidées en particulier, 1834
Traité de physiologie comparée, 1838

References

This article is based on a translation of an equivalent article at the French Wikipedia, reference listed as: Dictionnaire encyclopédique des sciences médicales: vol. 64, 1884, p. 642

Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2014). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Dugès, A.L.", pp. 76-77).

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[1] Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2014). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. ("Dugès, A.L.", pp. 76-77).