Pierre-Joseph Buc'hoz

Pierre-Joseph Buc'hoz (27 January 1731, in Metz – 13 January 1807, in Paris) was a French physician, lawyer and naturalist.

Buc'hoz become a doctor of medicine in Nancy in 1763. He was devoted to botany, but was also interested in the treatment of melancholy and recommended music as therapy. He travelled throughout his native Lorraine and published a 13-volume of the province. Teaching botany as well, he was demonstrator at the . Author of many works of botany he also studied animals (in particular birds) and minerals.

Partial list of publications

• .
• . Lacombe, Paris 1768 (Digital edition by the University and State Library Düsseldorf)
• , 1770.
• , 1774.
• , 1775.
• . Felßeker, Nürnberg 1777 Digital edition by the University and State Library Düsseldorf
• , Paris: chez l'auteur, 1781.
• , Paris: chez l'auteur, 1782.
• , Paris: chez l'auteur, 1783.
• , 1785.
• .

References

• Larousse, P. 1865-1876 Grand Dict. du XIX. Siècle
• Rose, H. J. 1850 New General Biographical Dictionary.

External links

• Gallica Downloads of Herbier ou collection des plantes médicinales de la Chine and L'art alimentaire
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