Professor of Zoology
School of Veterinary Medicine
Vincennes
FRANCE
He is best known for his work with dogs and forensic entomology.
Mégnin, born in Herimoncourt (Doubs) on 18 January 1828, went to school at the Ecole d' Alfort from 1849 till his graduation in 1853. In 1855, he became an army veterinarian. His books include"Maladies de la Peau des Animaux"(Animal Skin Diseases, 1867-1882), and"Maladies parasitaires"(Diseases caused by Parasites, 1880). Mégnin likewise worked on Acari (publications in this matter date between 1876 and 1879), and reported some of his results in his book"Faune des Tombeaux"(Fauna of the Tombs, 1887) [60]. No affiliation to a university or a Museum of Natural History was mentioned in his articles, and because he became a member of the French Academy of Medicine in 1893, one might conclude that he considered himself primarily a medical doctor.
Mégnin drew on his 15 years of medico-legal experience with corpses in publishing 14, mostly brief, papers between 1883 and 1896.
