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Historical Bibliography Updated: June 16, 2026

Le chirurgien à l'ambulance ou quelques études pratiques sur les plaies par armes à feu suivies de lettres à un collègue sur les blessés de Palestro, Magenta, Marignan et Solferino.

Publication Details

Geneva & Paris: Joël Cherbuliez, 1859 CE.

Appia became one of the original five founders of what was later named the International Committee of the Red Cross. English translation as The ambulance surgeon or practical observations on gunshot wounds, edited by T. W. Nunn and A. M. Ediwards, Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1862. Digital facsimile of the 1859 edition from wellcomecollection.org at this link. Digital facsimile of the English translation from Google Books at this link.

Roger Boppe, L'homme et la guerre. Le Docteur Louis Appia et les débuts de la Croix-Rouge. Geneva: Muhlethaler, 1959.

Thematic Classifications

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#13606
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/15886
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLle-chirurgien-a-lambulance-ou-quelques-etudes-pratiques-sur-les-plaies-par-armes-a-feu-suivies-de-lettres-a-un-collegue-sur-les-blesses-de-palestro-magenta-marignan-et-solferino

Geographic Context

Publication places: Geneva; Paris

Mentioned in annotation: Edinburgh