Jean Descemet

Jean Descemet is a French physician and botanist (1732–1810) who first described the Descemet's membrane. He studied medicine in Paris (doctorate in 1757) and published a Catalogue des plantes du jardin de MM. les apothicaires de Paris, suivant leurs genres et les caractères des fleurs, conformément à la méthode de M. Tournefort (1759). He is also known for his book Observations sur la choroide, that covers Choroid subject and was published in 1768 by De l'Imprimerie Royale.[1]

References
  1. Observations sur la choroide, The University of Utah, archived from the original on October 8, 2013, retrieved October 8, 2013


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