Antoine Louis Dugès

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

He studied medicine in Paris, began working as a prosector in 1820, and received his agrégation in 1825. Shortly afterwards he was 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.

As a zoologist, Dugès conducted osteological and myological studies of amphibians, and also performed extensive research involving 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.

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