Louis-Marie Michon (2 November 1802 in Blanzy, Saône-et-Loire – 6 May 1866 in Paris) was a French

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. He studied medicine in Paris, where in 1826 he became an interne (''interne provisoire'' the preceding year). From 1830 he served as ''aide d’anatomie'' to the medical faculty, attaining his

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in surgery in 1832 with the thesis ''De la carie et de la nécrose''. During the same year he was appointed as surgeon to the "Bureau central", followed by ''chirurgien des hôpitaux'' in 1835. As a physician, he distinguished himself during the Revolution of 1848. In 1843 he was a founding member of the ''Société nationale de chirurgie'' (today known as ''Académie nationale de chirurgie''), and in 1863 was admitted to the Académie de Médecine. Posthumously (1873), he was praised at the annual meeting of the ''Société nationale de chirurgie'' by Felix Guyon (1831–1920). He was the author of an early treatise on tumors of synovial tissue titled ''Des tumeurs synoviales de la partie inférieure de l'avant-bras, de la face palmaire du poignet et de la main''- 1851 (Synovial tumors of the lower part of the

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, the volar wrist and hand). He was an officer of the

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, and the father of politician Joseph Michon (1836–1904). He is buried in Montcenis, Saône-et-Loire.Paragraph based on a translation of an equivalent article at the

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(biography) {{DEFAULTSORT:Michon, Louis-Marie French surgeons People from Saône-et-Loire 1802 births 1866 deaths