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:
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.