Larrey was surgeon-in-chief of the Napoleonic armies from Egypt to Waterloo and favorite of the Emperor by whom he was ennobled on the field of Wagram in 1809.
Larrey was surgeon-in-chief of the Napoleonic armies from Egypt to Waterloo. Larrey was surgeon-in-favorite of the Emperor by whom he was ennobled on the field of Wagram in 1809.