Memoir Of Baron Larrey: Surgeon-In-Chief Of The Grande Army

Dominique Jean Larrey

• Publisher: Bonhopai Books
• Year: 2025
• eBook ISBN: 9781779794222
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: French History
• Index: History

Memoir of Baron Larrey: Surgeon-in-Chief of the Grande Armée is the remarkable autobiography of Dominique Jean Larrey, Napoleon's legendary military surgeon — a man whose compassion, innovation, and courage transformed the face of battlefield medicine. Written with clarity, humility, and quiet heroism, Larrey's memoir chronicles his extraordinary life in the service of humanity amid the blood and fire of the Napoleonic Wars.

From the frozen retreat of Moscow to the deserts of Egypt and the carnage of Waterloo, Larrey stood at the center of Europe's great conflicts, not as a warrior, but as a healer. His recollections capture both the horrors and nobility of war — the suffering of soldiers, the logistical challenges of treating the wounded, and the emergence of a new spirit of medical professionalism amid chaos. In vivid, unflinching prose, he describes his development of the ambulance volante — the mobile field hospital that became the model for modern military medicine — and his efforts to treat all casualties with equal care, friend and foe alike.

More than a historical record, Memoir of Baron Larrey is a testament to moral courage and the power of empathy. Napoleon called him "the most virtuous man I have ever known," and history has confirmed the judgment. This memoir reveals not only the brilliance of Larrey's mind, but the generosity of his spirit — a physician who saw no enemy on the battlefield, only human suffering to be relieved.

 For readers of history, medicine, or biography, Larrey's Memoir endures as one of the great testaments to service and sacrifice in the age of empire — a portrait of intellect and mercy under fire. 

Table of contents

• Title page
• TABLE OF CONTENTS
• DEDICATION
• CHAPTER I.—Birth of Larrey—Education—Profession.
• CHAPTER II.—FIRST CAMPAIGN WITH THE ARMY OF THE RHINE.
• CHAPTER III.—FIRST CAMPAIGN OF SPAIN.
• CHAPTER IV.—EXPEDITION TO EGYPT.
• CHAPTER V.—FIRST CAMPAIGN OF AUSTRIA.
• CHAPTER VI.—CAMPAIGNS OF SAXONY AND PRUSSIA.
• CHAPTER VII.—SECOND CAMPAIGN OF SPAIN.
• CHAPTER VIII.—SECOND CAMPAIGN OF AUSTRIA.
• CHAPTER IX.—CAMPAIGN OF RUSSIA.
• CHAPTER X.—SECOND CAMPAIGN OF SAXONY.
• CHAPTER XI.—CAMPAIGN OF FRANCE.
• CHAPTER XII.—LARREY UNDER THE RESTORATION, AND UNDER THE REIGN OF LOUIS-PHILIPPE.
• CHAPTER XIII.—LARREY’S INSPECTION OF THE HOSPITALS IN ALGERIA.