Jean-Francois Coindet, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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physiologist
Date of Birth: 12-Jul-1774
Place of Birth: Geneva, Canton of Geneva, Switzerland
Date of Death: 11-Feb-1834
Profession: physician, physiologist
Nationality: Switzerland
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About Jean-Francois Coindet
- Jean-François Coindet (July 12, 1774 – February 11, 1834) was a Swiss physician and researcher who is known for introducing iodine as a treatment of goitre.Jean-François Coindet was born on July 12, 1774 in Geneva as the son of Jean Jacques Coindet and Catherine Gros.
- He married Catherine Walker, the daughter of Charles Walker who owned a tavern in Edinburgh.
- Jean-François attended school in Geneva but there was no medical school in Geneva at the time, so he went to Edinburgh in 1792 to study medicine.
- Coindet received his medical degree in 1797 with a thesis about smallpox (De Variolis).Coindet returned to Geneva in 1799 and obtained a position at the Geneva Hospital.
- From 1809 to 1831, he was chief physician at the hospital and furthermore he was prison physician.
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