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Henri François Le Dran (13 October 1685 - 17 October 1770) was a French surgeon
Surgeon

In medicine, a surgeon is a person who performs surgery. Surgery is a broad category of invasive medical treatment that involves the cutting of a body, whether human or animal, for a specific reason such to remove a diseased organ or to repair a tear or breakage....
. He gave lectures with the Royal Academy of Medicine in Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
, and practiced surgery
Surgery

Surgery is a medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate and/or treat a pathological condition such as disease or injury, to help improve bodily function or appearance, or sometimes for some other reason....
 at Hôpital de la Charité
Hôpital de la Charité

H?pital de la Charit? was a French hospital that dates back to the 17th century....
. He is remembered for his work with surgeon Jean-Louis Petit
Jean Louis Petit

Jean-Louis Petit was a French surgeon, inventor of the tourniquet. He was first enthusiastic about anatomy, received a master's certificate in surgery in Paris in 1700....
 (1674-1750), and one of his more famous students was Swiss anatomist Albrecht von Haller
Albrecht von Haller

Albrecht von Haller was a Switzerland anatomy, physiologist, naturalist and poet....
 (1708-1777).

Le Dran is remembered for his pioneer research of cancer
Cancer

Cancer is a class of diseases in which a group of cell display uncontrolled growth , invasion , and sometimes metastasis . These three malignant properties of cancers differentiate them from benign tumors, which are self-limited, do not invade or metastasize....
, and his work regarding military surgery. He was the first physician to realize that cancer was a local affliction, and not a systemic malady.






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Henri François Le Dran (13 October 1685 - 17 October 1770) was a French surgeon
Surgeon

In medicine, a surgeon is a person who performs surgery. Surgery is a broad category of invasive medical treatment that involves the cutting of a body, whether human or animal, for a specific reason such to remove a diseased organ or to repair a tear or breakage....
. He gave lectures with the Royal Academy of Medicine in Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
, and practiced surgery
Surgery

Surgery is a medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate and/or treat a pathological condition such as disease or injury, to help improve bodily function or appearance, or sometimes for some other reason....
 at Hôpital de la Charité
Hôpital de la Charité

H?pital de la Charit? was a French hospital that dates back to the 17th century....
. He is remembered for his work with surgeon Jean-Louis Petit
Jean Louis Petit

Jean-Louis Petit was a French surgeon, inventor of the tourniquet. He was first enthusiastic about anatomy, received a master's certificate in surgery in Paris in 1700....
 (1674-1750), and one of his more famous students was Swiss anatomist Albrecht von Haller
Albrecht von Haller

Albrecht von Haller was a Switzerland anatomy, physiologist, naturalist and poet....
 (1708-1777).

Le Dran is remembered for his pioneer research of cancer
Cancer

Cancer is a class of diseases in which a group of cell display uncontrolled growth , invasion , and sometimes metastasis . These three malignant properties of cancers differentiate them from benign tumors, which are self-limited, do not invade or metastasize....
, and his work regarding military surgery. He was the first physician to realize that cancer was a local affliction, and not a systemic malady. He postulated that cancer progressed in stages, and that it began as a local disease of an organ. He advocated surgery for cancer before the tumor
Tumor

A tumor or tumour is the name for a swelling or lesion formed by an abnormal growth of cells . Tumor is not synonymous with cancer. A tumor can be Benign neoplasm, Carcinoma in situ or malignant, whereas cancer is by definition malignant....
 was allowed to metastasize through the lymphatic system
Lymphatic system

The lymphatic system in vertebrates is a network of conduits that carry a clear fluid called lymph. It also includes the lymphoid tissue through which the lymph travels....
 and affect other parts of the body.

From his experience with gunshot wounds in battle, he did early research of shock, which he described as a collapse of vital functions, and as a "rude unhinging of the machinery of life". Le Dran also made important contributions involving mastectomy
Mastectomy

In medicine, mastectomy is the medical term for the surgical removal of one or both breasts, partially or completely. Mastectomy is usually done to treat breast cancer; in some cases, women and some men believed to be at high risk of breast cancer have the operation prophylaxis, that is, to prevent cancer rather than treat it....
 and lithotomy
Lithotomy

Lithotomy from Greek for "lithos" and "tomos" , is a surgery method for removal of calculus , stones formed inside certain hollow organs, such as the Urinary bladder and kidneys and gallbladder , that cannot exit naturally through the urethra, ureter or biliary duct....
 operations. His best known written work is a 1749 surgical treatise called Traité des opérations de chirurgie.