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Historical Bibliography Updated: December 23, 2019

Manuel du chirurgien-d’armée.

Publication Details

Paris: Méquignon, 1792 CE.

One of Napoleon’s leading surgeons, Percy laid down his principles of the practice of military surgery in the same year he was appointed médecin consultant of the Army of the North. He devised his own instrument for bullet extraction, the tribulcon. He was responsible, with Larrey, for the invention of special ambulances and squads of litter-bearers, including a “super-ambulance” capable of carrying 8 surgeons, 8 attendants, and dressings for 1200.

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#2158.1
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/848
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLmanuel-du-chirurgiendarme

Geographic Context

Publication place: Paris