Pierre Jules Gustave Lolliot (1840–1882), fondateur de la maison de santé de Suresnes (1875) avec Gustave Bouchereau (1835–1900) et Valentin Magnan (1835–1916) et membre de la société médico-psychologique (1880)

Abstract

Pierre Jules Gustave Lolliot was native of Nevers (Nièvre) and born on 29th January 1840. He studies medecine at Paris. Then, he was an intern in the hospitals of Paris (1865). Three years later, Lolliot presented his thesis for a doctorate in medecine on the physiological effects of experimental arsenic and its therapeutic applications. At the time, it was noticed. In 1868, Lolliot was elected a member of the anatomical society of Paris. He presented various anatomopathological observations. Lolliot became interested in the mental disease when he formed an association with Gustave Bouchereau (1835–1900) and Valentin Magnan (1835–1916) to open a private nursing home for mental illness in 1875. This establishment was then called: the Castle of Suresnes. He was the medical director of these while G. Bouchereau and V. Magnan worked in Sainte-Anne asylum. In addition, Lolliot had a private practice in the Saint-Lazare district (Paris). In 1877, V. Magnan was a candidate for the new Chair Mental Illness Clinic. On 1st March 1877, G. Lolliot signed an agreement with the two other founders of this establishment. Pursuant to the handling agreement, Magnan agreed to work only in Sainte-Anne asylum and never as medical or administrative director in the private nursing home (Suresnes). But, in spite of that, Magnan was not named winner of the Chair Mental Illness Clinic. Benjamin Ball (1833–1893) was elected. Member of the medicine society of Paris (1873), of the medico-psychological society (1880), Lolliot elected to the municipal council of Suresnes (1881). The next year, he died on 12 February 1882 in Suresnes; he was 42 years old. He was succeeded by H. Saury (1854–1924).