Jean-Louis Petit

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Jean-Louis Petit (French: [ʒɑ̃ lwi pəti]; 13 March 1674 – 20 April 1750) was a French surgeon and the inventor of a screw-type tourniquet. He was first enthusiastic about anatomy and received a master's certificate in surgery in Paris in 1700.

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