Armand Trousseau practised at a period when medicine itself was being rebuilt on new foundations.
The record lists Armand Trousseau as French physician (1801-1867).
Armand Trousseau was born at Tours in 1801. His recorded nationality is France. He trained at Tours University and Paris Medical Faculty.
Anaesthesia, antisepsis and germ theory arrived within fifty years and made modern surgery possible for the first time.
His posts were held at University of Paris.
The recorded fields of work are medicine.
Clinical knowledge is accumulated slowly and revised often, usually at some cost.
Recognition followed: Commander 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.
Armand Trousseau died in 1867, aged 66. What survives is the change in practice, which is how a medical life is actually measured.
Achievements
- Commander of the Legion of Honour
- Held posts at University of Paris
- Fields: medicine
