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Venel , Gabriel François , 1723-1775 , Professor of Materia Medica and Chemistry
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Gabriel François Venel was an eminent physician and chemist. He obtained his MD at Montpellier in 1742, took up the study of chemistry, and in 1757 was appointed professor of materia medica and chemistry at his old university, a post which he held until his death in 1775.