François Gigot de la Peyronie is remembered in medicine for work that altered practice rather than merely argument.
The record lists François Gigot de la Peyronie as French surgeon.
François Gigot de la Peyronie was born at Montpellier in 1678. His recorded nationality is France. He trained at Faculty of Medicine of Montpellier.
The circulation of the blood and the microscope arrived within a generation of each other, and medicine acquired a mechanism.
His posts were held at Royal garden of medical plants.
The recorded fields of work are surgery.
Most medical progress is invisible: it shows up as an illness that no longer kills anyone.
Recognition followed: Order of the Golden Spur.
That the work was done from France matters: hospitals, training and research funding are unevenly distributed, and they decide which questions can be asked.
François Gigot de la Peyronie died in 1747, aged 69. What survives is the change in practice, which is how a medical life is actually measured.
Achievements
- Order of the Golden Spur
- Held posts at Royal garden of medical plants
- Fields: surgery
