Gustave-Antoine Richelot

Who was Gustave-Antoine Richelot?

Gustave-Antoine Richelot was a French physician born in Nantes. He was the father of surgeon Louis-Gustave Richelot.

In 1831 he earned his doctorate in Paris with the dissertation, De la uterine phlébite. During his career he worked as a dispensary physician and for the Bureaux de bienfaisance. He is remembered for providing French translations of English medical works, such as:

Oeuvres chirurgicales complètes d’Astley Cooper, a translation of Astley Cooper's surgical works, written in collaboration with surgeon Charles Marie Edouard Chassaignac.

Oeuvres complètes de John Hunter, a translation of John Hunter's works from an edition by James Frederick Palmer.

Traité pratique des maladies des yeux, a translation of William Mackenzie's "A practical treatise on the diseases of the eye", with annotations by surgeon Stanislas Laugier.

Among Richelot's original works was a treatise on prostitution in England and Scotland titled De la prostitution en Angleterre et en Écosse, and a work on women in the medical profession called La femme-médecin. Richelot was the last surviving founding member of the journal L'Union médicale.