Jean Louis Petit (1674-1750) was a Parisian surgeon and inventor of the tourniquet. In 1715 he became a member of l’Académie des sciences and was named director of l’Académie royale de chirurgie when it was founded in 1731.
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(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Louis_Petit [accessed 14 April 2017]).
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