Hippolyte Bathélemy

[Hippolyte Barthélemy]

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.:Name:.  Antoine Louis Anatole Joseph, Marquis Roux de Corse Dr. Hippolyte Bathélemy
.:Nick Name:. None.
.:Rank:.  Noble / Chirurgien de 1ière classe
.:Age:. Born the 3rd of August, 1772 (41 years old as of 1813)

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.:Physical Appearance:. Tall, overall pointy, moving in very deliberate and smooth ways, exactly set hair and kept moustache, a sort of calm and reassured air about him at most times, with a smile that rarely shows teeth. He has some muscle, and a certain contained power about him, assisted by his general physically active hobbies which contain fencing and hunting on horseback. A couple of small scars mark his hands from early scalpel mistakes, but they are almost faded as much as to be gone now.
.:Height:. 180cm
.:Portrayed by:. Robert de Montesquiou

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.:Personality:. Dr. Barthélemy is above all, very sociable and amicable, perhaps it is because he believes that a patient at ease is one who is less troublesome, or perhaps he just enjoys a friendly atmosphere and discussion. He has been known as a charming man amongst the upper echeleons of social circles, from where he has very practiced dinner party etiquette, always ready to entertain a guest.

He is of a cool temperament, and is rarely seen in any high tempers at all, even at the screams of the patients as they struggle against his knife. Aside from practicing medicine, he also has a great interest in the Classics which he studied at university as a scholarly pursuit, and has a passable ability to play the piano, two things he will gladly trot out to make a social event slightly more interesting. Art fascinates him, though he is not an artist but rather in his words 'a patron of beauty'.

While not as extreme as some others, being no jacobin, he does believe in the liberal philosophies, and distances himself politically from the old world. He finds people fundamentally fascinating, and often looks for potential beyond the bounds of expectation, something which has been to his great benefit in his career and, he should think, to the development of surgery as a science in his circles.

.:Skills:. Advanced surgical technique, high social graces, other skills befitting his station(fencing, dancing, par-force hunting)
.:Weaknesses:. Lack of empathy, controversial, commanding some sentiments less genteel, vain

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.:Birthplace:. Provence; the ancestral home
.:Family:. The late Marquis Roux de Corse was his father, he has inherited the sizeable estate and seat in Provence. His mother, however, is the one fulfilling the duties pertaining to it and upon her death it is questionable whether the property and its environs will remain in the family.
.:Occupation:. Chef de trevaux anatomiques at L'ecole de Médecine in Paris

.:History:.

It is all fairly straight-forward when one looks at it from a distance; Dr. Barthélemy was born to fairly established parents in Provence, nobility of an old class. Something he did not get to enjoy to a great extent, as it was only some years into his childhood before his parents had to evacuate their seat in France to England, for fear of losing everything. Perhaps thank to their geographical position, and skill at being under the radar, their holdings survived the revolution unscathed, and their son who had always had a keen interest in medicine, was able to study and practice during the time of the Terrors. He quickly marked himself as a capable surgeon and physician, but it was always the knife which spoke to him the most.

Following his education, he established himself in Paris, continuing practice there and finding great joy and challenge in dissection. With the excuse of writing surgical manuals, he started work with the Paris anatomical academy, his skills of technique and presentation earning a professorship with time. As the embers of revolution dulled themselves into the first empire, it was once more stable and his parents returned to the country at the start of the century, finding their son quite an accomplished man in his own right. His parents managed the property down south meanwhile, but when his father passed from a cholera outbreak at the end of the 1800s, he was forced to split his time between the scientific pursuit, and managing his estate. This was short-lived however, and only a few years after going south, he was back in Paris. Perhaps the life of a country marquis was simply not to his taste.

Already in the early campaigns of the war, he was called upon and met the challenge readily. He attended as a field surgeon throughout the Napoleonic wars, working directly under Larrey. Since the war, he has finally returned to Paris full time, to the great joy of the medical community(and his patients not from the mud of the battlefield). He is currently in London following a short engagement at Edinburgh where he presented some of his most recent techniques and research.

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.:Name or Online Alias:. Roux
.:How Did You Find Us:. Iris dragged me here

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