Letter: Larrey and debridement.

Domenique Jean Larrey, 1766-1842

at Toulouse and Paris he eventually joined the Army of the Rhine at Strasbourg aS surgeon. He later became chief surgeon to the Army in Italy and Napoleon gave him carte blanche in the organization of the medical division. He was with Napoleon at all his battles, and on his return to Paris from Egypt in 1801 honours were showered upon him. During the pauses between campaigns he gave courses of ...

Baron Larrey (1766-1842)

in 1766, three years before Napoleon Bonoparte, whose loving follower Larrey was destined to become. His birthplace was in the romantic region of the High Pyreniees, at the village of Beaudeau. At the period of Larrey's birth, centuries of misrule were about to culminate in a mighty catastrophe for Franice. At the beginning of the eighteenth century, France was the most powerful nation in Europ...

Debridement

Maggot Debridement: An Alternative Method for Debridement

UNLABELLED Debridement is an essential component to promote healing in a problem wound. Several techniques are available including maggot debridement therapy (MDT). OBJECTIVE To describe the efficacy of MDT for treating problem wound especially diabetic foot ulcers. METHODS The topic is elucidated from different points of view: the mode of action, when to use, use in a practice, clinical re...

Larrey: surgeon to Napoleon's Imperial Guard

Dominique Jean Larrey (1766-1842) was the chief surgeon in Napoleon's Imperial Guard, a dedicated doctor and soldier, a loyal subject in awe of his nation at the most ambitious moment in its imperialistic history, a devoted husband and father, and to the end of his life-a sworn devotee of his emperor, Napoleon. If Larrey was not particularly distinguished for surgical invention or theoretical m...