Praising his surgeon, single-handed
2nd August 2012
Who’d have thought it…? This extraordinary (and rare) poem, from 1751, was written in honour of an amputation performed by Jean-Nicolas Moreau, for over 40 years chief surgeon at the Hôtel-Dieu. Le Roy, a lawyer, praises Moreau for removing his lower arm, which was shattered in a hunting accident, recounting the process in some (rather […]
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