Pierre Demours
French zoologist and surgeon
Pierre Demours (1702 – June 26, 1795) was a French physician, zoologist and translator.
Biography
Demours was born in Marseille; his father was a pharmacist. He is not to be confused with his son, Antoine-Pierre Demours (1762–1836), also a renowned eye specialist and author.
He studied medicine in Avignon then Paris. He became a doctor in Avignon then went back to Paris for further study. Duverney chose him as his assistant. At Duverney's death (1730) Pierre Chirac chose Demours to succeed him as a demonstrator at the Jardin du Roy. He lost that position at Chirac's death two years later. He then thought of returning to Avignon but Antoine Petit made him his collaborator.
Upon advice from Petit he specialized in the anatomy and diseases of the eye and became a successful oculist.
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