In the history of medicine, Jean-Nicolas Corvisart is one of the names that keeps returning.
The record lists Jean-Nicolas Corvisart as French physician (1755-1821).
Jean-Nicolas Corvisart was born at Dricourt in 1755. 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 Collège de France and Hôpital de la Charité.
The test of medical work is whether practice changed, not whether the argument was elegant.
Recognition followed: Officer of the Legion of Honour (1804) and Commander of the Order of the Reunion (1812).
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-Nicolas Corvisart died in 1821, aged 66. What survives is the change in practice, which is how a medical life is actually measured.
Achievements
- Officer of the Legion of Honour — 1804
- Commander of the Order of the Reunion — 1812
- Held posts at Collège de France and Hôpital de la Charité
