Jean-Joseph Sue (1760–1830)

His father was Jean-Joseph Sue père (1710–1792), who came from a 14 physicians family since Louis XIV.

He also taught anatomy at the Atheneum and the Royal School of surgery, and delivered his care to a thriving clientele in its own cabinet.

[3] Sue had conducted several experiments on animals following the controversial and sensational beheading of Charlotte Corday to prove his point.

[4] The physiologist Pierre Jean George Cabanis was not convinced that Sue's theory was correct.

Eugène and his sister Victorine were born from his second marriage with Marie Sophie Tison de Reilly or Derilly in 1803.