Doyen

Doyen, Eugene (Eugene Louis Doyen, 1859-1916), famous French surgeon. D. was a brilliant surgeon, but his extremely enthusiastic nature often created difficult situations for him in his scientific research work; the latter left no positive traces in science, but, on the contrary, led to a negative attitude toward D. as a researcher. D. actively participated in international surgical congresses. He was honorary chairman of the gynecological section of the international congress in Moscow (1897), and a speaker at the international congress in Amsterdam (1899). He was the first to use cinematography for teaching surgery (1898). D. did not hold any official university position and was in open opposition to the medical faculty throughout his life. In 1895, he founded a private clinic in Paris, where he established his school of surgery. He developed the technique for a number of surgical procedures in general surgery and in gynecology. D.'s principal works: 'Traitement chirurgical des affections de l'estomac et du duodenum' (P., 1895); 'Technique chirurgicale' (P., 1897); 'Atlas de microbiologie' (together with G. Roussel, P., 1897); 'Etiologie et traitement du cancer' (P., 1904); 'Traité de therapeutique chirurgicale et de technique operatoire' (P., 1907); 'Traitement local des cancers accessibles par l'action de la chaleur au-dessus' (P., 1910); 'Atlas d'anatomie topographique' (fasc. 1-7, P., 1911-18).