Placide Nicod
Placide Nicod (29 January 1876, in Bottens – 1 August 1953, in Évian-les-Bains) was a Swiss orthopedic surgeon. He was considered to be the top French-speaking Swiss orthopedist of his time. He studied medicine at the University of Geneva, and afterwards, was an assistant to surgeon César Roux in Lausanne. From 1903 he worked as an assistant at the orthopedic hospital in Lausanne, where from 1905 to 1948 he served as chief physician and director. In 1912 he opened a private clinic for orthopedic physical therapy in Lausanne, and during the following year, obtained his habilitation  for orthopedics. Later on in his career, he was an associate professor of orthopedics (1931–47) and physiotherapy (1935–47) at the University of Lausanne. In 1942–44 he served as dean to the faculty of medicine. His medical papers were published in the journals "Revue suisse de médecine" and "Revue médicale de la Suisse romande".