, veterinary surgeon, was a native of Lyons, and in his youth a soldier,
, veterinary surgeon, was a
native of Lyons, and in his youth a soldier, after which he
studied law, but quitted that pursuit on being appointed
chief of the riding-school of Lyons, where he seems to
have discovered the employment for which he was best
fitted. From this time he applied himself to the principles
of horsemanship, which he detailed in his “Nouveau
Newcastle, ou Traite de Cavalerie,
” Lausanne, Elemens d'hippiatrique,
ou Nouveaux principes sur la connoissance des chevaux,
”
Lyons, 3 vols. 8vo. The knowledge he displayed in this
work probably rendered it easy for him to obtain the leave
of government to establish a veterinary school at Lyons, of
the great utility of which the public soon became sensible,
and many able scholars educated under Bourgelat extended
this new branch of the medical art to every part of the
kingdom. In 1765, he published his “Matiere medicale
raisonnee a Tusage de l'ecole veterinaire,
” Lyons, 8vo.
His success at Lyons induced the government to invite him
to Paris, and he founded a second school at Alford, near
Charenton, and published several elementary treatises for
the use of his scholars, such as “Cours theorique et pratique des bandages
” “Traite de la ferrure,
” L'Anatomie compared de tous les animaux,
” and “Memoire sur les maladies contagieuses du betail,
”