David Carcassonne

David Carcassonne (20 December 1789 - 15 November 1861, Nîmes) was a French physician. He was born at Remoulins, a small town in the Gard department, the son of a purveyor to the army of Napoleon I. Having joined the Grande Armée as military surgeon at twenty-three years of age, he followed the emperor to Russia in 1812, and was made a prisoner there. On his return to Nîmes, where his parents had settled, Carcassonne gave up his practise and became a carpet-manufacturer. He was a member of the Municipal Council of Nîmes, under King Louis-Philippe (1837-48). Carcassonne was the author of a work entitled Essai Historique sur la Médecine des Hébreux Anciens et Modernes (Montpellier-Nîmes, 1815).

His son Léon was also a French physician and municipal councilor.

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This article incorporates text from the 1901–1906 Jewish Encyclopedia article "Carcassonne, David" by Isidore Singer and S. Kahn, a publication now in the public domain.

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Name	Carcassonne, David
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Date of birth	20 December 1789
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Date of death	15 November 1861
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