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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine

PEUGNET, Eugène (1843 – 1879)

1843 – 1879

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1874 CE

#7848

The nature of gunshot wounds of the abdomen, and their treatment: Based on a review of the case of the late James Fisk, Jr., in its medico-legal aspects.

PEUGNET, Eugène (1843 – 1879)

Peugnet argued that over-medication, and not the pistol shot, caused Fisk's death. Peugnet, a surgeon who had served in the American Civil War, died at the early age of 43, having been struck by a locomotive while abs…