Henri de Mondeville a medieval Frenchmen

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

, has been claimed as the "Father of French Surgery

Surgery

Surgery is an ancient 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, or to help improve bodily function or appearance.An act of performing surgery may be called a surgical...

". There is some doubt about his birth place, but it was most likely to have been either the village of Mandeville

Mandeville-en-Bessin

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 or Edmondeville, both in Normandy

Normandy

Normandy is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. It is in France.The continental territory covers 30,627 km² and forms the preponderant part of Normandy and roughly 5% of the territory of France. It is divided for administrative purposes into two régions:...

. He was the surgeon to Philippe Le Bel

Philip IV of France

Philip the Fair was, as Philip IV, King of France from 1285 until his death. He was the husband of Joan I of Navarre, by virtue of which he was, as Philip I, King of Navarre and Count of Champagne from 1284 to 1305.-Youth:A member of the House of Capet, Philip was born at the Palace of...

 (Philip the Fair) of France and his successor Louis X

Louis X of France

Louis X of France, , called the Quarreler, the Headstrong, or the Stubborn was the King of Navarre from 1305 and King of France from 1314 until his death...

. He is the author of Cyrurgia (Surgery) (1312). This is the first medieval treatise on surgery but was eclipsed by the more famous Guy de Chauliac

Guy de Chauliac

Guy de Chauliac or Guigonis de Caulhaco was a French physician and surgeon who wrote a lengthy and influential treatise on surgery in Latin, titled Chirurgia Magna...

's Chirurgia magna

Chirurgia magna

Chirurgia magna , completed in 1363, is a guide of surgery and practical medicine. Its title indicates that it is a reference for surgery . Guy de Chauliac, Pope Clement VI's attending physician, compiled the information from his own field experience and research of historical medical texts...

. He died of pulmonary tuberculosis.

External links

A biography “Guy de Chauliac and Henri de Mondeville,—A Surgical Retrospect” by James E. Pilcher and published by the Annals of Surgery

Annals of Surgery

The Annals of Surgery is a monthly review journal of surgical science and practice. It was started in 1885.-External links:** @ PubMed Central...

in 1895. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/tocrender.fcgi?iid=132254.