A Surgeon in Napoleon’s Grande Armée : Introduction (Part 1)

Pierre-François Percy was Surgeon-in-Chief of Napoleon’s Grande Armée from 1804–1808. His Campaign Journal, published in 1904, was edited by Émile Longin, who provided an illuminating (if hagiographical) introduction to the life and work of the surgeon. What follows is Part 1 of this introduction.
To read the rest of Longin’s introduction, see here.
Percy’s fascinating and informative…