He became a member of the French Royal Academy of Sciences in 1715 and was named director of the French Royal Academy of Surgery by the king when it was created in 1731. He acquired great notoriety because of his skill and experience, thanks to his case reports of hemorrhage, lacrimal fistula and operation on the frenum, for his treatise on bone diseases and especially for his general treatise on surgical operations, on which he worked for 12 years and which was finished after his death by François-Dominique Lesné (1722—1800).
He was elected a member of the French Royal Academy of Sciences in 1715 and appointed chief of the French Royal Academy of Surgery by the king when it was established in 1731. He gained great recognition due to his exceptional skill and experience, primarily thanks to his detailed accounts of hemorrhage, lacrimal fistula, and surgical procedures for bone diseases, as well as his comprehensive treatise on general surgery, which he worked on for 12 years before its completion by François-Dominique Lesné.