Publications
father of veterinary anatomy
- Mémoire sur la morsure de la musaraigne (1763) (Memoire on the bite of the shrew) (It was still believed at this time that the bite of the shrew was venomous like the spider's. In fact, in French, the scientific name for shrew, musaraneus, is formed from the Latin root for mouse "mus" and for spider "araneau").
- Guide du Maréchal (1766) (Guide for shoeing horses).
- Cours d'hippiatrique, ou traité complet de la médicine des chevaux (1772) (Veterinary studies, or complete treatise on equine medicine).
- Dictionnaire raisonné d'hippiatrique, cavalerie, manège et maréchallerie (1775) (Dictionary of Veterinary studies, cavalry, horse tack and horse-shoeing).
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