Edouard Seguin was employed in France.
Jean-Francois Coindet -LRB- July 12 , 1774 -- February 11 , 1834 -RRB- was a Swiss physician and researcher who is known for introducing iodine as a treatment of goitre .. physician. physician. iodine. iodine. goitre. goitre. Jean-Francois Coindet was born on July 12 , 1774 in Geneva as the son of Jean Jacques Coindet and Catherine Gros .. Geneva. Geneva. He married Catherine Walker , the daughter of Charles Walker who owned a tavern in Edinburgh .. Edinburgh. Edinburgh. Jean-Francois attended school in Geneva but there was no medical school in Geneva at the time , so he went to Edinburgh in 1792 to study medicine .. Geneva. Geneva. Edinburgh. Edinburgh. Coindet received his medical degree in 1797 with a thesis about smallpox -LRB- De Variolis -RRB- .. smallpox. smallpox. Coindet returned to Geneva in 1799 and obtained a position at the Geneva Hospital .. Geneva. Geneva. From 1809 to 1831 , he was chief physician at the hospital and furthermore he was prison physician .. physician. physician