He decided to pursue the medical profession and became a surgeon.
At one point in his career, he attempted to obtain his father's position as surgeon-major of Quebec but was unsuccessful.
It appears that he applied himself almost exclusively to his profession after that point.
He had a large family and had four children who entered religious orders as had his brother, Michel Baudouin, who was a Jesuit missionary.
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