# Alexis Boyer

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'''Alexis Boyer''' (1 March 1757{{snd}}23  November 1833) was a French [surgeon](/source/surgery), born in [Corrèze](/source/Corr%C3%A8ze).

He was the son of a tailor, and he obtained his first medical knowledge in the shop of a [barber surgeon](/source/barber_surgeon). When he moved to [Paris](/source/Paris), he had the good fortune to attract the attention of  renowned surgeons [Antoine Louis](/source/Antoine_Louis) (1723–1792) and [Pierre-Joseph Desault](/source/Pierre-Joseph_Desault) (1744–1795). Boyer persevered at his profession, and became notorious for his anatomical knowledge and surgical dexterity. At the age of 37 he was appointed second surgeon to the [Hôtel-Dieu](/source/H%C3%B4tel-Dieu_de_Paris) in Paris. On the establishment of the [École de Sante](/source/%C3%89cole_de_Sante), he was named chair of operative surgery, but soon exchanged it for the chair of clinical surgery.<ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911|inline=y|wstitle=Boyer, Alexis|volume=4|page=354}}</ref> Boyer specialized in [urological pathology](/source/urology), especially disorders of [micturition](/source/urination).

Boyer was a cautious and finicky physician, not always trusting of new innovations in treatment. He practiced and wrote with skill and sense. His two masterworks are ''{{lang|fr|Trait complet de l'anatomie}}'' (in 4 vols., 1797–1799), of which a fourth edition appeared in 1815, and ''{{lang|fr|Trait des maladies chirurgicales et des operations qui leur conviennent}}'' (in 2 vols., 1814–1826), of which a newer edition in seven volumes was published in 1844–1853 with additions by his son, [Philippe Boyer](/source/Philippe_Boyer) (1801–1858).<ref name="EB1911"/>

In 1805, [Napoleon](/source/Napoleon) promoted Boyer to the status of imperial family surgeon, and, after the successful campaigns of 1806 and 1807, conferred on him the [Legion of Honor](/source/Legion_of_Honor), with the title of baron of the empire and a salary of 25,000 francs. On the fall of Napoleon, Boyer's merits secured him the favor of the succeeding sovereigns of France, and he was consulting surgeon to [Louis XVIII](/source/Louis_XVIII), [Charles X](/source/Charles_X_of_France), and [Louis Philippe I](/source/Louis_Philippe_I). In 1825 Boyer succeeded J. F. L. Deschamps (1740–1824) as surgeon-in-chief at [Hôpital de la Charité](/source/H%C3%B4pital_de_la_Charit%C3%A9), and was chosen a member of the [Institute](/source/Institut_de_France). He died in Paris in 1833.<ref name="EB1911"/>

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