Pierre Lassus [SEP] place of birth
Pierre Lassus
Pierre Lassus (11 April 1741 – 16 March 1807) was a French surgeon born in Paris.
He was a one-time surgeon to the daughters of Louis XV, and in 1795 worked with Philippe-Jean Pelletan (1747–1829), Nicolas Dieudonné Jeanroy (1750–1816) and Jean Baptiste Dumangin (1744–1826) on the autopsy of 10-year-old Louis XVII.
In 1802 he was appointed "secrétaire perpétuel" of the physical sciences section at the "Institut de France". In 1804 he was
1790. On 22 August 1798 he became a member of the "Institut d'Égypte".
In 1802 he became a surgeon in a private hospital that later was to become known as the "Maison Dubois". After the death of Pierre Lassus (1741–1807), Dubois was appointed as consultant-surgeon of the Emperor, and in 1810 replaced Jean-Louis Baudelocque (1745–1810) as head of maternity services. Following the birth of Napoleon II, he was given the title of "Baron of the Empire".