Senak, Jean Baptiste

Jean-Baptiste Senac was born in 1693 in the city of Lombes in a Protestant family. His father, Jean-Bernard Senac, was a lawyer , his mother came from a family of notaries .

Jean-Baptiste spent his childhood in the village of his mother, located in the canton of Castelno-Magnoac . From 1707 to 1708 Jean-Baptiste studied theology at a Jesuit college in Osh . Medicine J.–B. Senak studied first at Leiden University , and then went to London , where he studied under John Freind ^[1] .

In 1721, J.-B. Senak married Marie-Therese Thanet , daughter of a merchant . In the marriage two sons and a daughter were born. The eldest son, Jean Senac , subsequently became a farmer . The daughter, Teresa , married Francois Imbert , a professor of medicine at the University of Montpellier . The youngest son, Gabriel Senak , achieved success in his administrative career, after which he became a writer . Gabriel Senac is considered one of the best novelists and historians of the late eighteenth century ^[1] .

In 1723 , J.-B. Senak arrives in Paris . In December 1723 , J.-B. Senak, on the recommendation of J. Winslow and D. Duvernay , receives the position of deputy anatomist at the Royal Academy of Sciences . During this period, J. –B. Senak makes a successful career, is actively engaged in scientific activities, publishes his works ^[1] .

In 1745 , J.-B. Senak became the personal doctor of Marshal Moritz of Saxony , commander of the royal army in Flanders. April 15, 1752 J.-B. Senak was appointed the personal physician of Louis XV and the chief manager of the Mineral Waters of France. At the same time, J.-B. Senak became a member of the Royal Society of Sciences in Nancy ^[1] .

On December 20, 1770 , Jean-Baptiste Cenac died at Versailles at the age of 77.

In 1749 , Jean-Baptiste Cenac published The Treatise on the Structure of the Heart ( Traité de la structure du coeur, de son action et de ses maladies ), the first study on the functioning of the human heart . This work was a guide to the anatomy, physiology and heart diseases with a description of its nerve plexuses, the clinical picture of heart rhythm disturbances, inflammation of the pericardium, narrowing of the left arterial mouth, the use of bloodletting and sedatives for heart failure, and quinine for persistent palpitations ^[2] .

• Sénac J.–B. Nouveau cours de chymie, suivant les principes de Newton et de Stahl, 1723.
• Sénac J.–B. Discours sur la méthode de Franco et sur celle de Raw, 1727.
• Sénac J.–B. Lettres sur le choix des saignées, 1730.
• Sénac J.–B. Traité des causes des accidents et de la cure de la peste, 1744.
• Sénac J.–B. Traité de la structure du coeur, de son action et de ses maladies, 1749.

• Roux, Augustin

• Senak, John the Baptist // Encyclopedic Dictionary of Brockhaus and Efron : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
• Jean-Baptiste Sénac and His Treatise on the Heart
• Jean-Baptiste Sénac (1693-1770)
• Encyclopedia Universalis Jean-Baptiste Sénac