Antoine-Athanase Royer-Collard belongs to the medical record as a figure whose work changed what could be treated.
The record lists Antoine-Athanase Royer-Collard as French psychiatrist.
Antoine-Athanase Royer-Collard was born at Sompuis in 1768. His recorded nationality is France. He trained at Paris Medical Faculty.
Hospitals became teaching institutions in this period, and clinical observation began to be recorded systematically.
His posts were held at Paris Medical Faculty.
Medicine advances against a moving target, and its successes are counted in lives rather than papers.
That the work was done from France matters: hospitals, training and research funding are unevenly distributed, and they decide which questions can be asked.
Antoine-Athanase Royer-Collard died in 1825, aged 57. What survives is the change in practice, which is how a medical life is actually measured.
Achievements
- Held posts at Paris Medical Faculty
