Alphonse Guérin

He studied medicine in Paris, and in 1850 became a surgeon of Parisian hospitals.

During his career, he practiced surgery at the Lourcine, Cochin, Hôpital Saint-Louis and Hôtel-Dieu.

In 1868 he became a member of the French Académie Nationale de Médecine.

In 1870, Guérin introduced the practice of using cotton-wool bandages for prevention of wound infections.

He was a specialist in urologic surgery, and has a handful of genitourinary terms that contain his name: