Laurent Colot

Colot specialized in the treatment of kidney stones, using secret techniques he inherited from his father Germain. Laurent was named lithotomist of the Hôtel-Dieu in Paris and, in 1556, was named Operator of Stones for Henri II, although Ambroise Paré was the king's general surgeon.

Laurent Colot (1520–1590) was a French physician.

Colot was the first of several generations of Paris lithotomists.

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