Ambroise Tardieu [SEP] place of death
Ambroise Tardieu
Ambroise Tardieu (2 March 1788 in Paris – 17 January 1841 in Paris) was an eminent French cartographer and engraver, and is celebrated for his version of John Arrowsmith's 1806 map of the United States. Tardieu's son, Auguste Ambroise Tardieu (1818–1879), was also an artist and a famous forensic medical scholar, who supplied the illustrations for Dr. Pierre François Olive Rayer's three-volume "Traité des maladies des reins" (1839–41), a treatise on diseases of the kidneys. Neither should
she saw herself as an "exceptional female", but female nonetheless.
Death.
In February 1868, the concierge of Barbin's house in rue de l'École-de-Médecine found her dead in her home. She had died by suicide by inhaling gas from her coal gas stove. Her memoirs were found beside her bed.
Memoirs publication.
Dr. Regnier reported the death, recovered the memoirs and performed an autopsy. Later he gave the memoirs to Auguste Ambroise Tardieu, who published excerpts as "Histoire