Clément Joseph Tissot is remembered in medicine for work that altered practice rather than merely argument.
The record lists Clément Joseph Tissot as French physician, physiotherapist and author.
Clément Joseph Tissot was born at Ornans in 1750. His recorded nationality is France.
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: Officer 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.
Clément Joseph Tissot died in 1826, aged 76. What survives is the change in practice, which is how a medical life is actually measured.
Achievements
- Officer of the Legion of Honour
