Henry Jacques Garrigues (June 6, 1831 – July 7, 1913) was a Danish-born American medical doctor considered to have introduced antiseptic obstetrics to the United States.
[1] Henri Jacques Garrigues was born in Copenhagen, Denmark to the merchant of French Huguenot origin Jacques Louis Garrigue (1789–1854) and his wife Cecile Olivia Duntzfelt (1798–1863), daughter of Danish merchant William Duntzfelt and granddaughter of Frédéric de Coninck.
[4] [5] Garrigues graduated from the University of Copenhagen Faculty of Health Sciences with a medical degree in 1869.
[citation needed]After graduating, Garrigues moved to the United States where he resided and worked in New York City.
[Ref: listed on his tombstone] On July 7, 1913, Garrigues died at his home in Tryon, North Carolina, aged 82.