Georges Mareschal (8 April 1658,

Calais Calais ( , , traditionally , ) is a port city in the Pas-de-Calais department, of which it is a subprefecture. Although Calais is by far the largest city in Pas-de-Calais, the department's prefecture is its third-largest city of Arras. Th ...

– 13 December 1736, Château de Bièvres) was a French

surgeon In modern medicine, a surgeon is a medical professional who performs surgery. Although there are different traditions in different times and places, a modern surgeon usually is also a licensed physician or received the same medical training as ...

. In 1707 he was ennobled, and was known as Georges Mareschal, seigneur de Bièvre. He was the son of John Marshall, an Irish gentleman who was knighted in 1643 for his service during the Battle of Rocroi. In 1677 Mareschal moved to Paris, where he worked as a surgical assistant. From 1684 onward, he worked at the Hôpital de la Charité, where in 1688 he became master-surgeon, later earning the title of chief-surgeon (1692). He was first-surgeon to Louis XIV, even caring for him on his deathbed, and then to Louis XV. In 1723 he was awarded the ''

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'' for successfully treating the

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. In 1731, with

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(1678–1747), he founded the

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.Archives du Pas-de-Calais
April 8, 1658: born in Calais surgeon Georges Mareschal He is credited with making improvements in lithotomical surgery.

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* French surgeons People from Calais 1658 births 1736 deaths {{France-med-bio-stub