Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

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  • Jean Mery, distinguished French surgeon

    Jean Mery lived largely in the days of the Sun-King Louis XIV, when France was still rich and powerful and had not yet spent itself into bankruptcy. Born in central France in 1645, he followed in his father’s footsteps at eighteen and went to Paris to become a surgeon. In Paris his life was largely…