Alfred-Louis-Dominique Richet (1816-1891)Â : pédagogie, anatomie et chirurgie

Alfred-Louis-Dominique Richet was an anatomist and surgeon born in Dijon, France in 1816. He defended the teaching of clinical anatomy instead of descriptive anatomy, judged inappropriate to learn operative medicine. His name is associated with several anatomical structures that we cite in the present article.