Background
Cantwell was born in Tipperary, and studied medicine at the University of Montpellier, where he graduated in 1729.
Cantwell was born in Tipperary, and studied medicine at the University of Montpellier, where he graduated in 1729.
After going through a further course of study there, he graduated Doctor of Medicine
Having failed in 1732 to secure the succession to the chair of medicine which had been left vacant by Jean Astruc"s migration to Paris, he also left for Paris in 1733. of Paris in 1742. In 1750 Cantwell was appointed at Paris professor of surgery in the Latin language, and in 1760 he became professor of the same subject in French. In 1762 he became professor of pharmacy.
He was a Fellow of the Royal Society of London, elected 1738, and died at Paris 11 July 1764.
He translated many English works into French.
Royal Society.
