Guillaume Duchenne de Boulogne practised at a period when medicine itself was being rebuilt on new foundations.
The record lists Guillaume Duchenne de Boulogne as French neurologist (1806–1875).
Guillaume Duchenne de Boulogne was born at Boulogne-sur-Mer in 1806. His recorded nationality is France.
Anaesthesia, antisepsis and germ theory arrived within fifty years and made modern surgery possible for the first time.
His posts were held at Beaux-Arts de Paris.
The recorded fields of work are neurology.
Clinical knowledge is accumulated slowly and revised often, usually at some cost.
Recognition followed: Knight 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.
Guillaume Duchenne de Boulogne died in 1875, aged 69. What survives is the change in practice, which is how a medical life is actually measured.
Achievements
- Knight of the Legion of Honour
- Held posts at Beaux-Arts de Paris
- Fields: neurology
