title: [An underestimated forerunner: Marc-Jacob D'Espine (1806-1860) and medical statistics].
abstract: This article relates the life and work of Marc-Jacob D'Espine, a disciple of P.C.A. Louis and a somewhat unrecognised predecessor of medical statistics. Many extracts of his unpublished correspondence are given. After a short biography, the scientific work of D'Espine as well as his action to diffuse his ideas--in Switzerland as well as in foreign countries--are discussed.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mayer
mesh_terms: D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D013223:Statistics as Topic / Q000266:history*; D013557:Switzerland
vernacular_title: Un précurseur méconnu: Marc-Jacob D'Espine (1806-1860) et la statistique médicale.