Péan, Jules |
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BORN 21 Nov 1830, Châteaudun, Eure-et-Loire - DIED 30 Jan 1898, Paris (8e) BIRTH NAME Péan, Jules Émile GRAVE LOCATION Paris: Cimetière de Montmartre, 20 Avenue Rachel (division 21) |
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Jules Péan was the son of a flour miller who was also the mayor of Marboué. He studied at the College of Chartres and in Paris he studied medicin under Auguste Nélaton. From 1861 onwards he worked as a doctor at the Saint Antoine hospital and from 1872 to 1893 at the Saint Louis hospital. In 1868 he started using hemostatic forceps designed by himself to prevent bleeding during a surgical interventions. He performed several types of operations for the first time ever. In 1870 he married Françoise Henriette Girou of Buzareingues, who was fifteen years his junior. She received many people at their home, but Péan's only hobby was hunting and he practiced this at his Château at Boulayes near Tournan-en-Brie, Seine-et-Marne. Although he never obtained a professorship, he was elected into the Académie Nationale de Médecine on 22 November 1887. In 1892 he built the Hôpital International at 11 rue de la Santé in Paris. He became a Commander of the Legion of Honor in 1893. Related persons • was pupil of Nélaton, Auguste |
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 The grave of Jules Péan at the Cimetière Montmartre, Paris. Picture by Androom (20 Feb 2016) |
Sources • Winkler Prins Encyclopedie (editie 1909), 1909 • Jules-Émile Péan - Wikipedia (EN) |
