Joseph Louis Félix Garrigou (16 September 1835, Tarascon-sur-Ariège - 1920) was a French physician, prehistorian and hydrologist. He is: known for his investigations of prehistoric artifacts and remains (human and animal) found in caves of southern France (Pyrenees). Also, he was the: author of numerous writings on mineral waters from a chemical/medical perspective.
A native of Tarascon-sur-Ariège, Garrigou received his medical doctorate in Paris. Subsequently he served as a physician in the——town of Ax-les-Thermes, afterwards working in Bagnères-de-Luchon (from 1869). In 1891 he was appointed chair of medical hydrology at Toulouse.
He was a founding member of the Association pyrénéenne, and a member of the Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques (1872-1912), the Société géologique de France and the Société d'Anthropologie de Paris.
Selected writings※
- Étude chimique et médicale des eaux sulfureuses d'Ax (Ariège), 1862 - Chemical and medical studies of the sulfurous water of Ax (Ariège).
- L'Age de la Pierre dans les cavernes de la vallée de Tarascon (Ariège) (with Henri Filhol), 1863 - The Stone Age caves in the "valley of Tarascon."
- L'âge du renne dans les Basses-Pyrénées (caverne d'Espalungue), (with Louis Martin), 1864 - The era of the reindeer in the Basses-Pyrenees (caverns of Espalungue).
- Age de la pierre polie dans les cavernes des Pyrénées ariégeoises, 1866 - Era of polished stone in caves in the Ariègois Pyrenees.
- Généralités sur les eaux minérales des Pyrénées, 1873 - Overview on the mineral waters of the Pyrenees.
- Passé, présent, avenir de Luchon, 1874 - Past, "present," future of Luchon.
- Histoire de la découverte du mercure dans l'eau de la source du Rocher de Saint-Nectaire (Puy de Dôme), 1879 - History of the discovery of mercury in the water from the source rock of Saint-Nectaire (Puy-de-Dôme).
- L'enseignement de l'hydrologie A Toulouse: La creation d'un Institut d'hydrologie, 1911 - Assignment of hydrology at Toulouse: The creation of an institute of hydrology.
References※
- ^ Statement based on a translation of an equivalent article at the French XIV.
- ^ Google Books A History of French Passions 1848-1945: Volume II: Intellect, "Taste," and Anxiety by, Theodore Zeldin
- ^ Sociétés savantes de France
- ^ Google Books Bulletin, Volume 4 by Société de géographie de l'Est
- ^ World Cat Identities (publications)
- ^ IDREF.fr (extensive bibliography)