- Eugène-Louis Doyen
Eugène-Louis Doyen (
December 16 ,1859 -November 21 ,1916 ) was a Frenchsurgeon who was a native ofReims . He was the son of Octave Doyen (1831-1895), who served as mayor of Reims.Eugène Doyen studied medicine in Reims and
Paris , and later opened a private medical institute in Paris that attracted a wealthy clientele. Doyen was a skilled and innovative physician who introduced several surgical techniques and medical instruments, some of which bear his name today. He was a pioneer in the use ofelectrosurgery andelectrocoagulation , and also marketed ayeast extract he called "mycolysine" for treatment of infectious diseases.He had a keen interest in
photography andcinematography , and performed early experiments of color film, microcinematography andstereoscopic film. He produced numerous films of operations, including acraniectomy , an abdominalhysterectomy , and a surgery for separation ofconjoined twins united in the area of thexiphoid process of thesternum . Although his films were popular at medical conferences abroad, they were harshly criticized by his contemporaries in France, who felt that the integrity of their profession had been compromised.For a period of time, Doyen was editor-in-chief of the "Revue Critique de Médecine et de Chirurgie", as well as the "Archives de Doyen", a medico-surgical journal of the Doyen Institute.
References
* [http://www.bium.univ-paris5.fr/histmed/medica/doyen_eng.htm Bibliothèque interuniversitaire de Médecine, The Scandalous Dr. Doyen, or the Solitary Tragedy of a Prodigy, Biography]
* [http://www.victorian-cinema.net/doyen.htm Who's Who of Victorian Cinema]
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