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1766 – 1842Dominique Jean Larrey (1766-1842)Died 25 July 1842, aged 76French surgeon Dominique Jean Larrey was surgeon-in-chief of Napoleon's Grande Armée. He introduced the "flying ambulance" to carry wounded men from the battlefield, and he pioneered battlefield triage. He is regarded as a founder of modern military medicine.