Louis Jacques Bégin (2 November 1793,

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– 13 April 1859) was a French military physician. He began his medical studies in the military hospital at

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, subsequently serving as an assistant surgeon in the

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(Russian and German campaigns). From 1815 he was associated with the civil hospital in

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, followed by an appointment at Val de Grace. In 1823 he obtained his doctorate at the

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, where in 1832 he became a lecturer in

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physiology Physiology (; ) is the science, scientific study of function (biology), functions and mechanism (biology), mechanisms in a life, living system. As a branches of science, subdiscipline of biology, physiology focuses on how organisms, organ syst ...

and

surgery Surgery is a medical specialty that uses manual and instrumental techniques to diagnose or treat pathological conditions (e.g., trauma, disease, injury, malignancy), to alter bodily functions (e.g., malabsorption created by bariatric surgery s ...

. Among his students at Strasbourg was

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François Joseph Herrgott (1814–1907). From 1835 he worked in Paris. In 1832, he was appointed surgeon-major, and in 1842, he became a member of the ''Conseil de santé des armées'' (Sanitary council of the French armies), of which he served as president from 1850 to 1857. In 1847 he was elected president of the

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. With Louis Joseph Sanson (1790–1841), he published new editions of Raphael Bienvenu Sabatier's ''De la médecine opératoire''. Other noted writings by/about Bégin are: * ''Traité Thérapeutique Rédigé Suivant les Principes de la Nouvelle Doctrine Médicale'', two volumes, 1825. * ''Traité de Physiologie Pathologique'', two volumes, 1828. * ''Etudes sur le Service de Santé Militaire en France'', 1849. * "Louis Jacques Bégin, 1793–1859: carabin de l'Empire" by Maurice Cren; Glyphe, 2009 – 403 pages. The '' Hôpital d'instruction des armées Bégin'' in

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is named in his honour.BÉGIN Louis-Jacques (1793-1859)
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