title: [The appreciation of the handicap in the brothers of the coast (1664-1675), according to Alexandre-Olivier Exmelin, surgeon of the privateers].
abstract: The reparation of corporeal damages, consequences of intentional or no intentional violence is a part of measurement of stability and progress in the human societies interested by a dignity life for the victims. Initiated by Hammourabi Code and continued by the Jews in the Bible, the reference was (now and still its) the amputed or impaired part of body (hand, arm, leg, eye...). For every part a fare in money was indicated or a rate in percentage. The Coast brothers translate in ecus or in slaves. This code indicates the originality of a society founded on violence, the robbery and murder with introduction of cooperative if not democratic modalities of functioning. The role of Bertrand d'Ogeron, governor of the Turtle Island was very beneficent.
authors.affiliation: Service de médecine physique et de réadaptation, C.H.U. Henri-MONDOR, 51, avenue du Marćhal de Lattre de Tassigny, 94010 Créteil.
authors.forename: Claude
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hamonet
mesh_terms: D035881:Compensation and Redress / Q000266:history*; D003415:Crime / Q000266:history; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000191:economics / Q000266:history*; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000266:history*; D013502:General Surgery / Q000266:history; D049670:History, 17th Century; D006801:Humans; D014900:West Indies