Pierre-Paul Émile Roux is remembered in medicine for work that altered practice rather than merely argument.
The record lists Pierre-Paul Émile Roux as French physician, bacteriologist and immunologist (1853-1933).
Pierre-Paul Émile Roux was born at Confolens in 1853. 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 University of Paris.
The recorded fields of work are medicine, bacteriology and immunology.
Most medical progress is invisible: it shows up as an illness that no longer kills anyone.
Recognition followed: Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, Copley Medal (1917) and Croonian Medal and Lecture (1889).
That the work was done from France matters: hospitals, training and research funding are unevenly distributed, and they decide which questions can be asked.
Pierre-Paul Émile Roux died in 1933, aged 80. What survives is the change in practice, which is how a medical life is actually measured.
Achievements
- Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
- Copley Medal — 1917
- Croonian Medal and Lecture — 1889
- Held posts at University of Paris
- Fields: medicine, bacteriology and immunology
