About: Charles Vial de Sainbel

Charles Vial de Sainbel or Saint Bel (1753–1793) was a French veterinary surgeon who settled in England. He was born at Lyons; studied under Claude Bourgelat; became assistant-surgeon and public demonstrator at the veterinary college at Lyons in 1773; distinguished himself during an epizootic among horses in France in 1774; became assistant-professor at the Royal Veterinary College, Paris; veterinary surgeon and physician at Lyons; equerry to Louis XVI and chief of manege at the academy at Lyons. He came to England in 1788; the Veterinary College of London was instituted with Sainbel as professor in 1791. He wrote works on veterinary surgery (some published posthumously).