François Miramond de Laroquette

Biography

Marie, Francois, Auguste Miramond de Laroquette were born on September 10th, 1871 in Riom in Puy de Dôme, François for the civil statue, but it will be known only under the first name of Francis its life during. A few days before its 20 years, it becomes “Santard” i.e. raises military school of health of Lyon and sign a voluntary engagement in the army for three years. It supports its thesis in October 1894 and it is named training doctor at the school of application of the Valley of Thanks to Paris. In August 1895 he is doctor helps major of 2nd class to the 91e regiment of infantry in Charleville-Mézières. He passes the auxiliary examination of doctor successfully on July 17th, 1897 and as of on August 1st doctor is promoted helps major of 1e class. Its first Algerian assignment in November 1897 is with the ambulance of Sidi-Aïssa. Then it will be the additional military hospital of El-Goléa where there remains one year, return to the hospital of the Dey in Algiers for 6 months before integrating the 5th hunter of Africa in October 1899. In China after the episode known as “55 days of Beijing”, an international task force is set up to occupy the Chinese territory and to impose on the empress the peace and the repression of the Boxers. It forms part and arrives of it in October 1900, with its regiment of zouaves. In April he celebrates his promotion of medical officer of 2nd class. On its return in 1901, it finds its native Auvergne by integrating the 92e regiment of infantry of Clermont-Ferrand in October. In September 1904 it joined the 5th regiment of hussards confined in Nancy. It registered there with the certificate of biological higher learning of University. It writes a report entitled “anatomical and mechanical Study of the belt scapular”. It is the first to regard the scapulo-thoracic junction as an articulation. In Nancy it is interested particularly in the luminothérapie, the héliothérapie and thermotherapy. It develops of a thermal photo radiator, which it makes patent, then on March 4th, 1910, a new patent for another portable unit intended to give showers of hot air. After Nancy, it is found in Macon with the 134e regiment of infantry where it arrives in January 1911. As of January 1912, it joined Algiers, with the 1e regiment of zouaves as medical officer. News of assignment, but without leaving Algiers since it is named at the hospital of the Dey on January 29th, 1913. In this sun country, it continues its work on the influence of the light. The war is declared on August 3rd, 1914. The 24, it embarks with the 3rd brigade of Morocco towards the metropolis. Very quickly it is found on the face directing the first ambulance of the 3rd brigade of Morocco. Its ambulance with is orée of the forest of Laigue and fact appears of model of advanced health professional training. April 17th, 1915, it is quoted with the order of the Brigade with its ambulance. With its great despair, it must be evacuated with the back for ictère following a subacute cholécystite. After its convalescence, it will be affected with the deposit at the beginning of July 1916. It will find an ambulance only on January 17th, 1917 as chief consultant with the armies, assistant of the higher chief of the 6th army. Three months later, day for day, he becomes divisional doctor of the 126e division. June 3rd, it becomes principal doctor of 2nd class on a purely provisional basis and takes part in the attack of covering of Verdun on August 20th, 1917 when it is gauze. He sees himself quoted on September 12th with the order of the 15th Army. The countryside of France is completed for him with the year 1917, it regains Algeria for Christmas with a promotion of assistant editor of the department of health of the division of Algiers. He discovers that the hospital of the Dey is called now Hôpital Shirt to remember it its fellow-member who dammed up paludism with quinine. He becomes member corresponding of the Exotic Company of Pathology at this time and will be it until its death. February 10th, 1918 its title of principal doctor of 2nd class is allotted to him on a purely final basis. In April 1919 it is named chief of the center of physiotherapy of North Africa at the Hospital Shirt. In June 1920, it is promoted Officer of the Legion of Honor to have to protect the flag from the 7th riflemen in 1914. In March 1921 it is named head doctor. A new turning appears, its former publications were mainly devoted to the light, it also practices radiology and starts to publish on this topic. After 32 years of actual service, including 14 years, 4 months, 28 days of countryside, on September 16th, 1922, Francis are allowed to take advantage of its rights to the retirement. Reprocess military because it opens a cabinet of radiology in Algiers. It is deceased on July 26th, 1927 in Paris. It is buried on August 1st with the cemetery of Louyat to Limoges.

Publications, Communications, Patents and Rewards

Exostose under unguéale

Thesis 1895 Lyon

Etude of vaccinates and variolisation in Algeria

Academy of Medicine, Paris, meeting of May 15th, 1900 will receive the medal of vermeil of the Academy of Medicine for this work. Academy of Medicine, Paris, meeting of December 18th, 1900

Of the role of the flies like agent of dissemination of the germs of the intestinal infections in particular of the typhoid fever

Reference and date unknown factors

Note on the mode of fixing (preparation?) gauze with bandage

The caduceus 1903

Memory on the amyotrophic side sclerosis

Review of medicine 1904

Note on a case of spontaneous tetanus

The caduceus 1905

Etiology of infectious tuberculosis

Unknown reference, 1906

Etiology of the typhoid fever

Congress of Berlin 1907

Certificate of biological higher learning of University

Medical college of Nancy Subject of the report: Anatomical and mechanical study of the belt scapular Admitted with praises July 19th, 1907 receives the Larrey Price of the Academy of Science for this work on the belt scapular Academy of Science, Paris, meeting of December 19th, 1910, Weekly reports of the meetings, volume 151, June-December 1910, p 1236-38 Available on the http://gallica.bnf.fr/ site

Patent N° 388.299 - Radiator photothermic

Asked on March 19th, 1908, delivered on May 27th, 1908, published on August 7th, 1908 French Republic - National office of the Industrial property. 3p

therapeutic Action of the baths of light

Unknown reference, 1908

Physiological action and therapeutic of the electric light with incandescence.

Company of medicine of Nancy, December 1908

therapeutic Action and use of the electric light with incandescence

Medical report, January 13rd, 1909

therapeutic Action of the shower of hot air

Unknown reference, 1909

Year improved medical light and heat radiating appliance N° 2518

Date off application in France 19th march 1908, date off application in the United Kingdom 2nd february 1909, accepted 1st april 1909 Printed for his Majesty' S Stationery Office by Love & Malcomson, Ltd - 1909. 4p Available on the http://ep.espacenet.com site

Of the thermophotothérapie by the baths of electric light to incandescence. Photothermic radiator, A. Helmreich electrician-manufacturer

Printing works Albert Barbier, Nancy, 1909

Analogies and differences in action of the local baths of electric light to incandescence and of the baths of hot air

International congress of physiotherapy, Paris, April 13rd, 1909

anatomical and mechanical Study of the belt scapular

Review of Orthopedy, Volume 10, n° July 4th, 1909, p 311-338, n° September 5th, 1909, p 399-462, n° November 6th, 1909, p 537-571.

Transport of wounded with back of camel of the Saharan area

Unknown reference, 1910

Improvements in portable apparatus for hot air treatement N° 5447

Date application 4th march 1910 off - accepted 18th august 1910 Printed for his Majesty' S Stationery Office by Love & Malcomson, Ltd - 1910. 3p Available on the http:/ep.espacenet.com site

1st addition with the patent N° 388.299 - N° Addition 13.200

Photothermic radiator Asked on September 24th, 1910, delivered on December 5th, 1910, published on February 9th, 1911 French Republic - National office of the Industrial property. 3p Available on the http://ep.espacenet.com site

Questions of gradations and measurement concerning the baths of light

Arch. of Electr. Med., 1910, n°297 - another ref. February 23rd, 1909

Frictions subscapulars Arch. gén. of Méd. 1910, p705

On the solar erythema and the pigmentation

International congress of Radiology, Prague, 1912

On the solar erythema and the pigmentation

Le Monde medical, n°471, 1912

Experiments on the lights of color

Paris-medical, July 1912

Baths of light of color

41e congress of French Association for the Advance of Sciences, Nimes, August 1912

Actions of the baths of natural and artificial light

Arch. of Electr. Med., 1912, n°338, p1097

unknown Title (prone devoted to the baths of light)

French company of electrotherapy and radiology, February 1913

New process of discovered foreign bodies

Academy of Science, Paris, meeting of July 21st, 1913, Weekly reports of the meetings, heading Surgery, volume 157, July-December 1913, pages 238-41 Available on the http://gallica.bnf.fr/ site

Enlarging and deviation of the radiographic images Bull. Frank plowshare. of Phys. January 1914

Variations of the food intake and the weight of the body under the action of the solar radiation in the various seasons. Nutrition by heat

Academy of Science, Paris, meeting of February 23rd, 1914, Weekly reports of the meetings, heading Physiology, volume 158, January-June 1914, pages 586-88 Available on the http://gallica.bnf.fr/ site

On the absorption of the solar radiation by the skin and its use in the animal economy

Bull. Exotic plowshare Pathology, n° May 5th, th and th 1914, 406-10

Experiments on the biotic action of various solar radiations

VIIe international Congress of radiology, Lyon, July 1914

Count of the coefficients of enlarging of the radiographic images usable for the localization of the projectiles in fabrics Academy of Science, Paris, meeting of March 15th, 1915, Weekly reports of the meetings, heading Surgery, volume 160, January-June 1915, p. 453-6 Available on the http://gallica.bnf.fr/ site

biotic Action of solar light. Solar cure of wounded in winter

Bull. Ac. from Medicine, Nov. 1915

the direction phototropic of the plants

Nature, N° 2254, December 9th, 1916 Available on the http://ww.gloubik.info/Revue-la-recherche/la-nature/la-nature.html site

Atlas of anatomy for the electrodiagnosis and physiotherapy

Paris, J.B. Baillière and wire, 1918 Experiments on the bactericidal action of solar light (total white Light and lights partial or of colors) Annals of the Pasteur Institute 1918,32,170-92

life of the plants in light of color

Nature, February 22nd, 1919

methodical Héliothérapie

Arch. of Med. and Pharm. milit., December 1919 will receive the money Medal of the ministry for the armies on December 30th, 1923 for this work

Technical of the solar cure

Medical world, n°571, May 1920, 205-14

Atlas for electro-diagnosis and therapeutics,

authorized translation by Mary Gregson Cheetham, with foreword by Robert Knox. London, Bailliere, Tindall and Cox, 1920. Available on the http://www.archive.org/index.php site, then “search” keyword: “Electrotherapeutics”

Analogies and differences in actions biological of various radiations of the solar spectrum

Academy of Science, Paris, meeting of July 12th, 1920, Weekly reports of the meetings, heading Biology, volume 171, June-December 1920, pages 128-31 Available on the http://gallica.bnf.fr/ site

Measurement of the average capacity of penetration of a beam of x-rays by a new process radiochromometric

Academy of Science, Paris, meeting of February 27th, 1922, Weekly reports of the meetings, Physical heading, volume 174, January-June 1922, pages 604-7 Available on the http://gallica.bnf.fr/ site

radiological Balance for the proportioning of x-rays in radiography and radiotherapy

Medical world, December 1st, 1922, 750-58

the amount of erythema or temporary depilation

Its ionometric measurement. Incidental quantities and quantities absorptive for rays various wavelengths. Newspaper of radiology, vol. 13, fasc. 5, 1924.

ionometric Measurement of x-rays incidents per units of area and of x-rays absorptive per unit of volume

Academy of Science, Paris, meeting of March 22nd, 1926, Weekly reports of the meetings, heading Radiology, volume 182, January-June 1926, pages 771-3 Available on the http://gallica.bnf.fr/ site

Campaigns and decorations of Doctor Miramond de Laroquette

32 years of actual service, including 14 years, 4 months, 28 days of countryside

From December 3rd, 1897 to May 6th, 1898: Military operations in Algeria
From May 7th, 1898 to June 7th, 1899: Military operations in the Saharan areas
From June 8th, 1899 to August 25th, 1900: Military operations in Algeria
From August 26th, 1900 to October 11th, 1900: On board Britannia with the task force of China
From October 12th, 1900 to August 11th, 1901: Countryside of China
From January 19th, 1912 to June 4th, 1912: Military operations in Algeria
From October 5th, 1912 to August 1st, 1914: Military operations in Algeria
August 2nd, 1914: Mobilization générale* From August 2nd, 1914 to August 23rd, 1914: In Algeria
August 24th, 1914: Embark on board “Carthage” in Algiers
From August 24th, 1914 to December 23rd, 1917: Countryside of France
From December 24th, 1917 to November 11th, 1918: Algeria
From November 12th, 1918 to June 20th, 1922: Algeria
From June 21st, 1922 to September 30th, 1922: Algeria

French military decorations:

Chevalier of the Legion of Honor (December 31st, 1913),
Officer of the Legion of Honor in exceptional circumstances (1) for act of war (2), June 16th, 1920,
Medal of China (vermeil)

Foreign military decoration:

Medal of Nicham Iftikar (Tunisia)

April 17th, 1915 Quotation with the order of the Brigade, 3rd Brigade of Morocco
the Cherrier General, ordering the 3rd Brigade of Morocco, quotes with the order of the Brigade the ambulance of the Brigade

“For 8 months, the ambulance of the brigade under the orders of the medical officer of 1st class Miramond de Laroquette has ceased neither day nor night being in action like ambulance of first line. It looked after more than 3000 wounded and provided for their transport with the rescue stations to the ambulance and the ambulance to the back. It satisfied all the requirements of the service under very difficult conditions and several times under fire in particular with Tracy the Mount and Nervaise. All its personnel showed of energy and devotion. ”

September 12th, 1917 Quotation with the order of the Armed 15°

“Organized with an intelligent activity and a spirit impassioned by paying its person the service of the evacuations of the 126° division of infantry which thanks to him functioned with wonder, an organization whose wheels were in perfect harmony in the attacks of the August 20th and 21st 1917. ”

(1): Exceptional title because it had not run out time sufficient since its nomination like knight (2): With receipt in his ambulance, protected, preserved in his personal businesses the flag of 7°régiment of riflemen during a few days starting from September 19th, 1914, whereas it was of 1500 to 1800 meters of the enemy and that previous days, the personnel of two other ambulances had been made prisoner.

, SOURCES

PETITDANT B.: Doctor François Miramond de Laroquette (1871-1927) 1st part International company of History of Medicine. Vésalius, XIII, 1,34-9, 2007.

Historical service of the Army, Castle of Vincennes. File 8 YE 5852

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