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Domenique Jean Larrey, 1766-1842

at Toulouse and Paris he eventually joined the Army of the Rhine at Strasbourg aS surgeon. He later became chief surgeon to the Army in Italy and Napoleon gave him carte blanche in the organization of the medical division. He was with Napoleon at all his battles, and on his return to Paris from Egypt in 1801 honours were showered upon him. During the pauses between campaigns he gave courses of ...

Revisiting Corynebacterium glyciniphilum (ex Kubota et al., 1972) sp. nov., nom. rev., isolated from putrefied banana.

A strain of a species of the genus Corynebacterium, designated AJ 3170(T), was isolated during the 1980s from putrefied bananas. Since then, there have been no further updates on the description of the strain or its phylogenetic classification. However, phylogenetic analysis of this strain using 16S rRNA and in silico DNA-DNA hybridization has confirmed that it is a member of the genus Coryneba...

Reply to R.L. Bowen et al, M. Froehner et al, J.L. Leow et al, and C. Brady et al.

Regarding our article on the association of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) with increased Alzheimer’s disease risk, Bowen et al, Froehner and Wirth, Leow et al, and Brady et al highlight a number of significant considerations that will prove important in the design of future studies that investigate the association of ADT and Alzheimer’s disease. We agree with Bowen et al and Leow et al tha...

In Response to Murphy et al., Löwer et al., and Lan et al

Baron Dominique-Jean Larrey (1766-1842): founder of military surgery and trauma care.

Dominique-Jean Larrey was a distinguished surgeon in chief of Napoleon's army and a faithful servant of the Empire. His surgical skills and inventions, his absolute attachment and devotion to his profession, his humanitarian spirit and courage entitled him as one of history's greatest military surgeons.