Louis Lépecq de La Clôture (12 July 1736 – 5 November 1804) was a French surgeon and epidemiologist.

They took advantage of the disturbances of the revolution and had him imprisoned as a suspect during the Terror: he was held for a long time and was only released after cruel suffering.

"We still remember in the country this good old man, tormented by gout, whom we used to meet at all hours, in all seasons, riding through the countryside to visit some poor sick person under his thatched roof.

The book Collection d'observations sur les maladies et constitutions épidémiques is divided into four parts.

"[3]In 1783, he established with precision the health consequences of the eruption of the Laki volcano on the population of Rouen with, in particular, a resurgence of "acute scurvy" and intermittent fevers.

[14][nb 1] Rue Lepecq de la Clôture is named after him in Rouen, in the Gare-Jouvenet district (49°27′00″N 1°05′48″E / 49.45008°N 1.09673°E / 49.45008; 1.09673).