Jacques-Joseph Bonhomme (1708−1793): Forgotten French Neuroanatomist and Surgeon

Bonhomme was appointed anatomic demonstrator at the Hospital and the University of Avignon, a prestigious position for a former “barber surgeon” at that time. His literary merits established him as a respected scholar of neuroanatomy during his lifetime. However, he did not have such a wide European reputation, probably because he had no access to a chair of anatomy.