[Revocation of Edict of Nantes and the dispersion of health professionals out of France].
In 1685 Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes. Thus, he caused the exodus of more than 100,000 Huguenots who did not want to become Roman Catholics. Many of them were from medical professions including medical practitioners, surgeons, and apothecaries. They looked for sanctuary in Great Britain, the United Provinces (Holland), Switzerland, Prussia, America as well as Germany, and abroad Dutch colonies like South Africa. The tradition of their settlements took part in the tradition of their welcoming countries all the more as their Huguenot descendants maintained their original tradition.
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