Lucille Teasdale-Corti is remembered in medicine for work that altered practice rather than merely argument.
The record lists Lucille Teasdale-Corti as Canadian medical doctor and surgeon who worked in Uganda (1929–1996).
Lucille Teasdale-Corti was born at Montreal in 1929. Her recorded nationality is Canada. She trained at Université de Montréal.
Antibiotics, imaging and the randomised trial defined twentieth-century medicine; evidence replaced authority as the standard.
Most medical progress is invisible: it shows up as an illness that no longer kills anyone.
Recognition followed: Member of the Order of Canada, Grand Officer of the National Order of Quebec (1995) and Gold medal for civil merit.
That the work was done from Canada matters: hospitals, training and research funding are unevenly distributed, and they decide which questions can be asked.
Lucille Teasdale-Corti died in 1996, aged 67. What survives is the change in practice, which is how a medical life is actually measured.
Achievements
- Member of the Order of Canada
- Grand Officer of the National Order of Quebec — 1995
- Gold medal for civil merit
