Dominique Jean Larrey (* July 1766 in "† 25 July 1842 in Lyon) was a French army surgeon and surgeon.

Life

Larrey, which came of to a family of army surgeons, studied in Toulouse and Paris. Starting from 1787 it was active as a surgeon at the navy and brought it up to the Oberfeld large army of Napoleon I.

As a field surgeon it was concerned mainly with military developments. Thus it introduced for example 1793, approximately large of resistances, its idea "„of the flying military hospitals "“("„Ambulance volante "“), organized field hospitals to India and Egypt. It is considered as a creator of a completely new war surgery. Before Larrey military surgery consisted of field-far military hospitals, which came much too late to the wounded ones and often only could in-collect the corpses and dying. Larrey went along on the field. Its helpfulness and devotion are legendary and brought in for it from all sides highest respect. Also the advancement of medical methods e.g. Resektionen and Amputationen are to be owed to it. While the battle of Borodino 1812 it is to have amputiert 200 arms and legs.

Larreys "„flying military hospitals "“were copied later by many other countries. The American mobile Army Surgical hospital (M.A.S.H) be based on Larreys Ideen.Zu its goals belonged it also of giving the hurt hostile soldiers comprehensive assistance.

After Larrey "„the Larrey Hernie "“(illness) was designated.

Literature

The shade of the emperor von Johannes K. Soyener, Gustav publishing house 2004, ISBN 3-7857-2175-7

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