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Biography
Gaspard Goyrand (1803-1866) was a French general practitioner, surgeon and politician from Aix-en-Provence. He helped treat cholera from 1835 to 1854, while serving as Deputy Mayor of Aix from 1838 to 1848.
Early life
Jean-Gaspard Goyrand was born in 1803. He was the son of Gabriel-Antoine Goyrand (1754-1826), a religious painter, and Marie Eulalie Ravanas (1762-1825). His father was in exile in Italy during the French Revolution of 1789, and later returned to Aix. His great-uncle, Jean-Louis Goyrand (1718-1790), was a Professor of Medicine at the University of Aix-en-Provence.
He received his doctorate degree in Paris in 1828, where he was taught by Guillaume Dupuytren. He later disagreed with his former professor.
Career
He practised as a physician and surgeon in Aix-en-Provence. From 1835 to 1854, he treated patients suffering from cholera. In the 1850s, he moved to Lourmarin during a third epidemic of cholera. He also served as supervisor of the hot spring in Aix, meant to cure diseases at the time.
From 1838 to 1848, he served as the Deputy-Mayor of Aix-en-Provence.
He is remembered for a type of wrist-spraining which was named after him.
Death
He died in 1866.
Legacy
The Rue Goyrand, in the Quartier Mazarin of Aix-en-Provence, is named in his honour. It runs from the Rue Laroque to the Rue Frédéric Mistral.