Frédéric Labadie-Lagrave (16 August 1844 –

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) was a French physician who made important contributions to medical literature.

Biography

Born at Nérac (

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of Lot-et-Garonne), Labadie-Lagrave studied medicine in Paris. During the Franco-Prussian War, while still a resident, he saved a large convoy and was decorated on the battleground at Metz. He took his doctor's degree in

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. In

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he became ''médecin des hôpitaux'' in Paris, practicing notably at the Charité hospital.Dr. Frédéric Labadie-Lagrave
Br Med J. 1917 Aug 11; 2(2954): 201. With Germain Sée (1818–1896), Labadie-Lagrave wrote the multi-volume ''Médecine clinique'', to which he made extensive contributions on urology and diseases of the liver, kidneys and bile ducts. Sée's lectures on the diagnostic and treatment of

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s were published under his care. With Felix Legueu (1863–1939) he publishe
''Traité médico-chirurgical de gynécologie''
an influential book on medical-surgical gynecology. He also contributed numerous articles to Sigismond Jaccoud'
''Nouveau dictionnaire de médecine et de chirurgie pratiques''
(for example, articles on gout, hydrophobia,

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, nerves). Labadie-Lagrave translated the first American treatise about neurology, W. A. Hammond's ''Diseases of the nervous system'', C. A. Wunderlich's pioneer German book on body temperature ''Das Verhalten der Eigenwärme in Krankheiten'' and Siegmund Rosenstein's ''Die Pathologie und Therapie der Nierenkrankheiten''.Index-catalogue of Medical and Veterinary Zoology: Authors
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, Albert Hassall He retired in

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Works

Lists of works

An 1879 list of works

List of works
on Sudoc (27 titles, 2012-04-08)
List of online works
on Gallica (7 titles, 2012-04-08)

Selected works

* Labadie-Lagrave, Frédéric, ''Observations de paralysie ascendante aiguë'' * * Hammond, William Alexander (1879); Labadie-Lagrave, Frédéric (Translation and notes) (8vo),
Traité des maladies du système nerveux : comprenant les maladies du cerveau, les maladies de la moelle et de ses enveloppes, les affections cérébro-spinales, les maladies du système nerveux périphérique et les maladies toxiques du système nerveux
'. Paris: J.-B. Baillière et fils. Retrieved 2012-03-30. (Translated from Hammond's
Treatise on Diseases of the Nervous System
') * * Sée, Germain (1883); Labadie-Lagrave, Frédéric (Ed.) (8vo),
Du diagnostic et du traitement des maladies du cœur et en particulier de leurs formes anormales, par le professeur Germain Sée, leçons recueillies par le Dr F. Labadie-Lagrave
'. Paris: A. Delahaye & É. Lecrosnier. Retrieved 2012-03-30 * Labadie-Lagrave, Frédéric (1888) (8vo). , coll. Médecine clinique, vol. 4, Paris: Adrien Delahaye and Émile Lecrosnier *

References

Obituary
in the

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, 1917 August 11; 2(2954): 201. {{DEFAULTSORT:Labadie-Lagrave, Frederic French urologists French gynaecologists Translators to French Knights of the Legion of Honour 1844 births 1917 deaths People from Nérac 19th-century translators 19th-century French physicians 20th-century French physicians