Jean Hyacinthe Vincent practised at a period when medicine itself was being rebuilt on new foundations.
The record lists Jean Hyacinthe Vincent as French physician (1862–1950).
Jean Hyacinthe Vincent was born at Bordeaux in 1862. 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 Collège de France, Faculté de médecine d'Alger and Val-de-Grâce.
Clinical knowledge is accumulated slowly and revised often, usually at some cost.
Recognition followed: Grand Cross 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.
Jean Hyacinthe Vincent died in 1950, aged 88. What survives is the change in practice, which is how a medical life is actually measured.
Achievements
- Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
- Held posts at Collège de France, Faculté de médecine d'Alger and Val-de-Grâce
