About Placide Nicod
Lived 1876 – 1953 (aged 77). Placide Nicod was a Swiss university teacher and surgeon.
Placide Nicod (29 January 1876, in Bottens – 1 August 1953, in Évian-les-Bains) was a Swiss orthopedic surgeon. He was considered to be the top French-speaking Swiss orthopedist of his time.
He studied medicine at the University of Geneva, and afterwards, was an assistant to surgeon César Roux in Lausanne. From 1903 he worked as an assistant at the orthopedic hospital in Lausanne, where from 1905 to 1948 he served as chief physician and director.
His medical papers were published in the journals Revue suisse de médecine and Revue médicale de la Suisse romande.
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Who was Placide Nicod?
Swiss university teacher (1876-1953)
When was Placide Nicod born?
Placide Nicod was born on 29 January 1876 in Bottens.
When did Placide Nicod die?
Placide Nicod died on 1 August 1953 in Évian-les-Bains.
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Placide Nicod was a university teacher and surgeon.
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Placide Nicod was Swiss.
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