Thomas Goulard

Thomas Goulard (1697 to 1784) was a French surgeon and anatomist who worked in Montpellier and specialized in disorders of the genitourinary system. He is best remembered for Goulard's extract, a solution of lead acetate and lead oxide that was formerly used as an astringent, a preparation that carries his name. His best known written work is titled Oeuvres de Chirurgie, a title that means works of surgery. Because the preparation is described by its source only as one that was formerly used, he belongs to the record of what eighteenth century practitioners held and prescribed rather than to current practice, and nothing here is medical advice.