Jean, Henri, Gabriel ARTHAUD was born on November 13, 1858 in Clairac. He is the son of Jean, Henri Arthaud, a pharmacist, aged thirty-four, and of Jeanne, Marie, Ezilda Garrigues, his wife, aged twenty-seven. He obtains his doctorate in medicine on March 6, 1816. He carried out various professional activities: picketman for the city of Paris, municipal driver for the city of Paris, inspector of the sanitary service of the garrisons, preparer at the Museum, teacher of natural history at the Chaptal high school.
In 1889, he set up the first clinic for tuberculosis diseases on rue Mazarine in Paris, with free Sunday consultations for the destitute. He gave numerous lectures at the Academy of Medicine and the Academy of Sciences, and was the author of numerous works on tuberculosis. He received honourable mentions from the Academy of Medicine (1889) and the French Academy (1890) and a citation at the Montyon Competition (1891).
He was made a Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur by decree of October 31, 1906. His cross was presented to him by the President of the Republic at the Elysée Palace on February 25, 1909.
