Louis Odier

Louis Odier
Born(1748-03-17)March 17, 1748
Geneva, Republic of Geneva
Died14 April 1817(1817-04-14) (aged 69)
Geneva, Switzerland
Medical career
Professionphysician, publisher, politician
InstitutionsUniversity of Geneva

Louis Jean Odier (March 17, 1748 – April 14, 1817, Geneva) was a Genevan and then Swiss physician, medical campaigner and advisor; he was also a translator and publisher of medical texts, particularly from English. He was a major figure in medicine in 18th-century Europe because of his promotion of vaccination against smallpox and more broadly his lobbying for medical funds and usage of data from historical medical records, relating them to probability in life expectancy and subsequent advice for economic planning.[1]

  1. ^ Odier, Louis, in the Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.