Anthelme Richerand is remembered in medicine for work that altered practice rather than merely argument.
The record lists Anthelme Richerand as French physiologist and surgeon.
Anthelme Richerand was born at Belley in 1779. His recorded nationality is France. He trained at Lycée Lamartine of Belley and Paris Medical Faculty.
Hospitals became teaching institutions in this period, and clinical observation began to be recorded systematically.
Most medical progress is invisible: it shows up as an illness that no longer kills anyone.
Recognition followed: Knight of the Legion of Honour.
That the work was done from France matters: hospitals, training and research funding are unevenly distributed, and they decide which questions can be asked.
Anthelme Richerand died in 1840, aged 61. What survives is the change in practice, which is how a medical life is actually measured.
Achievements
- Knight of the Legion of Honour
