In the history of medicine, Claude François Lallemand is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Claude François Lallemand as French physician (1790–1854).
Claude François Lallemand was born at Metz in 1790. His recorded nationality is France.
Hospitals became teaching institutions in this period, and clinical observation began to be recorded systematically.
His posts were held at Faculty of Medicine of Montpellier.
The test of medical work is whether practice changed, not whether the argument was elegant.
Recognition followed: Knight of the Legion of Honour (1830).
That the work was done from France matters: hospitals, training and research funding are unevenly distributed, and they decide which questions can be asked.
Claude François Lallemand died in 1854, aged 64. What survives is the change in practice, which is how a medical life is actually measured.
Achievements
- Knight of the Legion of Honour — 1830
- Held posts at Faculty of Medicine of Montpellier
