Dominique Jean Larrey (July 8, 1766 - July 25, 1842) was a French surgeon in Napoleon's Grande Armée from Italy in 1797 to Waterloo in 1815. Larrey was an important innovator in battlefield medicine and triage. He initiated the modern method of army surgery, field hospitals and the system of army ambulance corps effectively creating a forerunner of the modern MASH units.
Dominique Jean Larrey, French Surgeon
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