Dominique Jean Larrey
French surgeon in Napoleon's army and an important innovator in battlefield medicine (1766-1842) · France · Doctors · Died at 76
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Something wrong?Dominique Jean, Baron Larrey was a French surgeon and soldier best known for his service in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. An important innovator in battlefield medicine and triage, Larrey invented the flying ambulance and is sometimes considered the first modern military surgeon.
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Larrey's ambulance volante, used to evacuate casualties from the battlefield
Napoleon's Return to the Island of Lobau After the Battle of Essling by Charles Meynier, 1812
Larrey amputating the arm and leg of colonel Rebsomen at the Battle of Hanau, in 1813
Larrey's son, Félix Hippolyte Larrey (1808-1895), also became a military doctor
His statue in bronze, as sculpted by David d'Angers in 1843, is standing in the courtyard outside the Val-de-Grâce military hospital, where Larrey was a professor in 1796Awards
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