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Antoine Magnol (1676 – 10 March 1759) was a French physician and botanist born in Montpellier. He was the son of the notable botanist Pierre Magnol (1638–1715).

In 1696 he obtained his medical doctorate, and in 1715 became a full professor at the University of Montpellier. Antoine Magnol maintained a professorship at Montpellier in an official capacity for many years.

Published works

He is known for posthumous edition of his father's works, especially the 1720 publication of Novus caracter plantarum. Other written works associated with Antoine Magnol include:

• Quaestio medica: an diaphoretica lethargo, (1710; August Moreau, thesis/dissertation).
• Dissertatio de naturali secretione bilis in jecore (Montpellier, 1719; Bernard de Jussieu, dissertation, Antoine Magnol: praeses).
• Quaestio medico-chirurgica, an cataractae confirmatae, operatio chirurgica unicum remedium, (1731; Pierre Laulanié: respondent, dissertation).
• De natura et causis fluiditatis sanguinis naturalis et deperditæ (Montpellier, 1741, with Louis Laugier).

References

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1. Dictionnaire des Sciences Médicales - Biographie Médicale: Lemm - Rey, Volume 6 by Antoine Jacques Louis Jourdan
2. IDREF.fr bibliography
3. OCLC Classify published works
4. WorldCat Identities Most widely held works by Antoine Magnol

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