[The "Société française d'Histoire de la Médecine" and the "Service de santé des armées"].

The author recalled the significant role of the French military doctors in the French society as he conveyed the different times and the most significant characters of the French Military Health Service. He underlined the role of the Val-de-Grace Museum as a witness of the importance of the past of the French Military Health Service and of the technical progresses in hospitals, laboratories as well as on the ground.