La prise en charge des blessés

The Union des Blessés de la Face et de la Tête was founded after World War I to help the more than 500,000 soldiers left injured to that part of the body, including 15,000 severely mutilated. A hundred years later and it is still carrying out its good work. 

Created during the First World War at the Val-de-Grâce Military Hospital, the Musée du Service de Santé des Armées (MSSA – the armed forces health service museum) presents the history of military medicine. Most importantly, it gives visitors an insight into why and how it was founded and its mission...

Treating wounds and saving lives. This is what head physician Luc Aigle did during the multiple field operations he has participated in. Now dean at the Ecole de Lyon, he is training the next generation of army medics.