Antoine Petit

Antoine Petit
Antoine Petit drawn and engraved by Charles-François-Adrien Macret in 1775
Born(1722-07-23)23 July 1722
Orléans (France)
Died21 October 1794(1794-10-21) (aged 72)
Olivet (France)
Citizenship France
Alma materUniversity of Paris
Known forseveral articles for the Diderot and d'Alembert Encyclopédie
Scientific career
FieldsAnatomy, surgery and childbirth
InstitutionsJardin du Roi, University of Paris
Thesis (1746)

Antoine Petit (23 July 1722 – 21 October 1794) was a French physician, master of Joseph-Ignace Guillotin and Félix Vicq d'Azyr.