Baron Antoine Dubois (19 June 1756 – 30 March 1837) was a French surgeon born in

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, department of

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. As the consultant-surgeon, and head of maternity services to

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and his wife the Empress

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, Dubois delivered their son and successor to the throne, Napoleon II. In 1798, he served as chief surgeon to the French Campaign of Egypt, He was the father of

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Paul Antoine Dubois Paul Antoine Dubois (also Paul Antoine Dubis or Paul-Antoine Dubois;As quoted in e.g. 7 December 1795 – December 1871) was a French obstetrician and the son of Antoine Dubois. He was born and died in Paris. In 1823 he succeeded his father at t ...

(1795–1871). Dubois was appointed a professor of surgery in 1790. On 22 August 1798 he became a member of the ''

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''. In 1802 he became a surgeon in a private hospital that later was to become known as the '' Maison Dubois''. After the death of Pierre Lassus (1741–1807), Dubois was appointed as consultant-surgeon of the Emperor, and in 1810 replaced Jean-Louis Baudelocque (1745–1810) as head of maternity services. Following the birth of Napoleon II, he was given the title of "

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". In 1820 Dubois was appointed as a clinical professor to the '' Faculté de Médecine''. He was relieved of these duties in 1822, only to have them reinstated several years later (1829). He published little during his career, but is credited with making improvement to a number of surgical instruments, including a

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''. {{DEFAULTSORT:Dubois, Antoine People from Lot (department) French surgeons 1756 births 1837 deaths