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French surgeon and author; born at Li�ge, Belgium, Nov. 2, 1793; died in Gorriquen, near Lacrouan, Bretagne, April 13, 1859. He studied medicine at the Military Hospital of Metz and in Paris. During the wars of Napoleon I. he served as assistant surgeon in the campaigns against Russia and Germany, 1812-14; andupon returning to his country continued with great success his studies at Strasburg and Val-de-Gr�ce, receiving the highest rewards. In 1821 B�gin was appointed instructor of physiology as applied to gymnastics at the military gymnasium of Metz; obtained his doctorate at Strasburg in 1823; and in 1832 was made lecturer to the School of Strasburg, on anatomy, physiology, and surgery. His educational and literary activity soon attracted attention. Upon arriving at Paris in 1835 he rapidly gained the highest degree in the civil and in the military medical service. B�gin was a member of the French Medical Academy since its foundation in 1823, and its president in 1847; surgeon-in-chief and first professor at the H�pital de Perfectionnement of Valde-Gr�ce; member in 1842, and subsequently president from 1850 to 1857, of the Sanitary Council of the French armies; commander of the Order of the Legion of Honor in 1851; and member of many learned societies�French and foreign. An ardent adherent of Broussais, he defended his theories with remarkable talent. B�gin's friend, Dupuytren, confided to him and Sauson the publication of the new edition of Sabatier's "M�decine Op�ratoire"; and in his will charged him with the publication of his unfinished "Trait� de la Taille." In 1857 B�gin retired from the public offices he held.

Besides contributions to sanitary and medical periodicals, B�gin published the following works: "Principes G�n�raux de Physiologie Pathologique d'Apr�s la Doctrine de M. Broussais," Paris, 1821; "Consid�rations Pathologiques et Th�rapeutiques sur les Maladies Chirurgicales Aigues," doctorate thesis, Strasburg, 1823; "Application de la Doctrine Physiologique � la Chirurgie," Paris, 1823; "Nouveaux El�ments de Chirurgie et de M�decine Op�ratoire," Paris, 1824, in 2 vols.�the 2d ed. in 3 vols. in 1835; "Trait� Th�rapeutique R�dig� Suivant les Principes de la Nouvelle Doctrine M�dicale," 2 vols., Paris, 1825; "M�moire sur la D�viation du Rachis," Paris, 1826; "Trait� de Physiologie Pathologique," 2 vols., Paris, 1828; "M�moire sur 1'�sophagotomie," Paris, 1833; "Etudes sur le Service de Sant� Militaire en France," Paris, 1849; "M�moire sur la Gymnastique M�dicale," Paris, 1823; "Supplement an Trait� Historique et Dogmatique de la Taille, de J. Deschamps," 1826; "M�moire sur l'H�morragie � la Suite de l'Op�ration de la Taille par la M�thode P�rin�ale," etc., 1842; "Quels Sont les Moyens de Rendre, en Temps de Paix, les Loisirs du Soldat Fran�ais Plus Utile � Lui-M�me, �l'Etat, et � l'Arm�e?" 1843; "Des Plaies d'Armes � Feu," 1849; "Principales Maladies des Yeux, de Scarpa," 1821.