Philibert Joseph Roux
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Philibert Joseph Roux was a French surgeon
born in Auxerre
.
Trained as a military surgeon, he later moved to Paris, where he was a student and friend of Marie François Xavier Bichat
(1771–1802). In 1806 he became a surgeon at the Hôpital Beaujon, and in 1810 was assigned to the Hôpital de la Charité
. In 1835 he succeeded Guillaume Dupuytren
(1777–1835) as chief surgeon at Hôtel-Dieu de Paris
.
Remembered for his pioneer work in plastic surgery
, in 1819 he performed one of the earliest staphylorrhaphies (surgical repair of a cleft palate). He is also credited with being the first surgeon to suture a ruptured female perineum
(1832).
Surgeon
In medicine, a surgeon is a specialist in surgery. Surgery is a broad category of invasive medical treatment that involves the cutting of a body, whether human or animal, for a specific reason such as the removal of diseased tissue or to repair a tear or breakage...
born in Auxerre
Auxerre
Auxerre is a commune in the Bourgogne region in north-central France, between Paris and Dijon. It is the capital of the Yonne department.Auxerre's population today is about 45,000...
.
Trained as a military surgeon, he later moved to Paris, where he was a student and friend of Marie François Xavier Bichat
Marie François Xavier Bichat
Marie François Xavier Bichat , French anatomist and physiologist, was born at Thoirette .Bichat is best remembered as the father of modern histology and pathology. Despite the fact that he worked without a microscope he was able to advance greatly the understanding of the human body...
(1771–1802). In 1806 he became a surgeon at the Hôpital Beaujon, and in 1810 was assigned to the Hôpital de la Charité
Hôpital de la Charité
Hôpital de la Charité was a hospital in Paris founded in the 17th century and closed in 1935.-History:In 1606, Marie de Médicis invited the Brothers Hospitallers of St. John of God to come to France. The Abbot of Saint-Germain-des-Prés granted them the use of its former Saint-Père chapel, which...
. In 1835 he succeeded Guillaume Dupuytren
Guillaume Dupuytren
Guillaume Dupuytren, Baron was a French anatomist and military surgeon. Although he gained much esteem for treating Napoleon Bonaparte's hemorrhoids, he is best known today for Dupuytren's contracture which is named after him and which he described in 1831.- Birth and education :Guillaume...
(1777–1835) as chief surgeon at Hôtel-Dieu de Paris
Hôtel-Dieu de Paris
The Hôtel-Dieu de Paris is regarded as the oldest hospital in the city of Paris, France, and is the most central of the Assistance publique - hôpitaux de Paris hospitals. The hospital is linked to the Faculté de Médecine Paris-Descartes...
.
Remembered for his pioneer work in plastic surgery
Plastic surgery
Plastic surgery is a medical specialty concerned with the correction or restoration of form and function. Though cosmetic or aesthetic surgery is the best-known kind of plastic surgery, most plastic surgery is not cosmetic: plastic surgery includes many types of reconstructive surgery, hand...
, in 1819 he performed one of the earliest staphylorrhaphies (surgical repair of a cleft palate). He is also credited with being the first surgeon to suture a ruptured female perineum
Perineum
In human anatomy, the perineum is a region of the body including the perineal body and surrounding structures...
(1832).
External links
- The Medical times and gazette Biographical Sketch of M. Roux
- An introduction to the history of medicine by Fielding Hudson Garrison