Ernest Doudart de Lagrée

[2] He joined the French Navy and served in the Crimean War, then took up a post in Indochina in the hope that the climate would help his chronically ulcerated throat.

In addition to his ulcers, Doudart de Lagrée suffered from fever, amoebic dysentery and infected wounds caused by leeches, as the expeditioners had to walk barefoot once they had worn out their supply of shoes.

By the time the expedition reached Dongchuan, in Yunnan, China, he was too sick to be moved, and his second-in-command Francis Garnier took command.

Garnier led the expedition to Dali, leaving Doudart de Lagrée in the care of the doctor.

The doctor removed his heart to return it to France, while Doudart de Lagrée was buried in Dongchuan.