Placide Nicod

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Placide Nicod

Placide Nicod (born January 29, 1876 in Bottens , † August 1, 1953 in Evian ; Catholic ; resident in Malapalud ) was a Swiss orthopedic surgeon .

Life

Placide Nicod came to Bottens on January 29, 1876 as the son of the farmer Gustave Nicod and Marie, nee. Chiffelle to the world. He studied medicine at the University of Geneva and obtained the Swiss medical diploma in 1901. Since 1908 assistant doctor with César Roux in Lausanne, he received his doctorate in 1912 .

From 1903 onwards he worked as a doctor at the Hospice orthopédique de la Suisse romande in Lausanne, where he was chief physician and director from 1905 to 1948. In addition, Nicod taught from 1913 as a private lecturer in orthopedics, from 1931 to 1947 as associate professor for orthopedics and surgical orthopedics and from 1935 to 1947 for physiotherapy at the University of Lausanne . He also opened a private orthopedic institute in 1912 that specialized in movement therapy.

As the great-grandson of the politician François Nicolas Longchamp , he married Marie-Madeleine in 1903, the daughter of the Ticino entrepreneur Donato Brazzola . He died at the age of 78.

Act

Placide Nicod was considered to be the leading orthopedic surgeon of his time in western Switzerland , who made special contributions to the ( orthotic ) therapy of polio , the establishment of surgical orthopedics and physiotherapy training.

literature

  • Beat Rüttimann : Wilhelm Schulthess (1855–1917) and Swiss Orthopedics of his Time , 1983, pp. 137–143.
  • Michel Gross: Placide Nicod . 1993.
  • Professeurs Lausanne , p. 918 f.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dissertation: Le genu valgum .
  2. ^ Arnd Krüger : History of movement therapy, in: Preventive medicine . Springer, Heidelberg Loseblatt Collection 1999, 07.06, pp. 1–22.
personal data
SURNAME Nicod, Placide
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss orthopedist
DATE OF BIRTH January 29, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH Bottens
DATE OF DEATH August 1, 1953
Place of death Evian