Eugène-Louis Doyen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French surgeon
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Place of Birth: Reims, Grand Est, France
About Eugène-Louis Doyen
- Eugène-Louis Doyen (December 16, 1859 – November 21, 1916) was a French surgeon born in Reims.
- He was the son of Octave Doyen (1831–1895), who served as mayor of Reims. Eugène Doyen studied medicine in Reims and Paris, and later opened a private medical institute in Paris that attracted a wealthy clientele.
- Doyen was a skilled and innovative physician who introduced several surgical techniques and medical instruments, some of which bear his name today.
- He was a pioneer in the use of electrosurgery and electrocoagulation, and also marketed a yeast extract he called "mycolysine" for treatment of infectious diseases. He had a keen interest in photography and cinematography, and performed early experiments of color film, microcinematography and stereoscopic film.
- He produced numerous films of operations, including a craniectomy, an abdominal hysterectomy, and a surgery for separation of conjoined twins Radhika and Dudhika Nayak, united in the area of the xiphoid process of the sternum.
- Although his films were popular at medical conferences abroad, they were harshly criticized by his contemporaries in France, who felt that the integrity of their profession had been compromised. For a period of time, Doyen was editor-in-chief of the Revue Critique de Médecine et de Chirurgie, as well as the Archives de Doyen, a medico-surgical journal of the Doyen Institute.
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