Frédéric Justin Collet

Who was Frédéric Justin Collet?

Frédéric Justin Collet was a French pathologist and otolaryngologist.

He studied medicine in Lyon, where he had as instructors Raphaël Lépine, and Antonin Poncet. In 1894 he obtained his doctorate, and in 1901 was appointed médecin des hôpitaux. Later he became a professor of general pathology in Lyon, being appointed professor of internal pathology in 1907, and a professor of otolaryngology in 1927.

In 1910 with André Chantemesse and Antonin Poncet, he founded the Bibliothèque de la Tuberculose, which was a collection of monographs dedicated to tuberculosis.