Gaspard Laurent Bayle

Gaspard Laurent Bayle (18 August 1774, Le Vernet, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence – 1816) was a French physician.

Beginning in 1805 he practised medicine at the Hôpital de la Charité in Paris.

Bayle is remembered for his extensive work in pathological anatomy, with contributions to research into cancer and tuberculosis.

His best known written work was the 1810 Recherches sur la phthisie pulmonaire (Research on Pulmonary Tuberculosis).

He also penned a treatise on cancerous diseases Traité des maladies cancéreuses, published posthumously (1833) by his nephew, Antoine Laurent Bayle.