Gaspard Goyrand (3 February 1803 – 23 June 1866) was a French general practitioner, surgeon and politician from

Aix-en-Provence Aix-en-Provence (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Ais de Provença in classical norm, or in Mistralian norm, ; la, Aquae Sextiae), or simply Aix ( medieval Occitan: ''Aics''), is a city and commune in southern France, about north of Marseille. ...

. He helped treat

cholera Cholera is an infection of the small intestine by some strains of the bacterium ''Vibrio cholerae''. Symptoms may range from none, to mild, to severe. The classic symptom is large amounts of watery diarrhea that lasts a few days. Vomiting and ...

from 1835 to 1854, while serving as Deputy Mayor of Aix from 1838 to 1848.

Early life

Jean-Gaspard Goyrand was born in 1803.Rues d'Aix
/ref> He was the son of Gabriel-Antoine Goyrand (1754-1826), a religious painter, and Marie Eulalie Ravanas (1762-1825). His father was in exile in

Italy Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical re ...

during the

French Revolution The French Revolution ( ) was a period of radical political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789 and ended with the formation of the French Consulate in November 1799. Many of its ideas are considere ...

of 1789, and later returned to Aix. His great-uncle, Jean-Louis Goyrand (1718-1790), was a Professor of Medicine at the University of Aix-en-Provence. He received his doctorate degree in

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

in 1828, where he was taught by

Guillaume Dupuytren Baron Guillaume Dupuytren (; 5 October 1777 – 8 February 1835) was a French anatomist and military surgeon. Although he gained much esteem for treating Napoleon Bonaparte's hemorrhoids, he is best known today for his description of Dupuytren' ...

.genealogy
/ref> He later disagreed with his former professor.

Career

He practised as a physician and surgeon in Aix-en-Provence. From 1835 to 1854, he treated patients with cholera. In the 1850s, he moved to

Lourmarin Lourmarin (; oc, Lormarin) is a commune in the Vaucluse department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in southeastern France. Its inhabitants are called ''Lourmarinois''. Geography Lourmarin is located in the French region of Provence, ...

during a third epidemic of cholera. He also served as supervisor of the

hot spring A hot spring, hydrothermal spring, or geothermal spring is a spring produced by the emergence of geothermally heated groundwater onto the surface of the Earth. The groundwater is heated either by shallow bodies of magma (molten rock) or by circ ...

in Aix. People believed hot springs were a cure for certain diseases, at the time. From 1838 to 1848, he served as the Deputy-Mayor of

. He is remembered for a type of wrist-spraining which was named after him.

Death

He died in 1866.

Legacy

The ''Rue Goyrand'', in the

Quartier Mazarin The quartier Mazarin is a district in the centre of Aix-en-Provence, directly to the south of the cours Mirabeau, the principal boulevard in Aix. On the initiative of Archbishop Michel Mazarin, brother of the Cardinal Jules Mazarin and Archbisho ...

of Aix-en-Provence, is named in his honour. It runs from the ''Rue Laroque'' to the ''Rue Frédéric Mistral''.Google Maps
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References

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