Boyer, ALEXIS, BARON DE

Boyer, ALEXIS, BARON DE, a great French surgeon, was born in 1757 at Uzerches in Limousin. A tailor's son, he in 1805 was appointed first surgeon to the Emperor Napoleon, who raised him to the rank of baron, and whom he accompanied on his campaigns and journeys. After the Restoration he became professor of Practical Surgery in the university of Paris, and first surgeon at the Hôpital de la Charité. In 1825 he was admitted a member of the Institute. He died 25th November 1833. His greatest works are his Traité Complet d'Anatomie (4 vols. 1797-99), and Traité des Maladies Chirurgicales (11 vols. 1814-26; 5th ed. 1853).