François Chaussier

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François Chaussier

François Chaussier (July 2, 1746 - June 19, 1828) was a French anatomist who was a native of Dijon. He studied medicine in Besançon, and later returned to Dijon, where he worked as a hospital physician and performed pioneer research in forensic medicine. In 1780 he became a professor of anatomy. In 1794 he was summoned to Paris by Antoine-François Fourcroy (1755-1809), and was given the responsibility of drafting a report on the establishment of learning institutions of health. This report was presented to the National Convention on November 27, 1794.

Afterwards, Chaussier remained in Paris where he became a professor at the École Polytechnique, and a chief obstetrician at the Paris Maternité, where he was a colleague of Jean-Louis Baudelocque (1745-1810). In 1822 Chaussier was elected as a member of the Academy of Sciences.

Chaussier did early studies of neuralgia, and introduced a procedure for revival of "near-dead" newborns. He also performed a descriptive survey of all muscles in the human body, and developed a new system of designation for muscles.

Associated eponyms:
Chaussier's areola: A ring of indurated tissue surrounding the lesion of cutaneous anthrax.
Chaussier's line: Anteroposterior raphe of the corpus callosum.
Chaussier's sign: Severe pain in the epigastric region, a premonitory symptom of eclampsia.

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Tables synoptiques d'anatomie (Synoptic tables of Anatomy); (1799-1816)
Manuel médico-légal des poisons (Handbook of poisons in Forensic Medicine); (1824)
Recueil de mémoires, consultations, et rapports sur divers objets de médecine légale (Collection of memoirs, consultations, and reports on various objects of Forensic Medicine); (1824)
Mémoire médico-légal sur la viabilité de l'enfant naissant (Memoir of Forensic Medicine on the viability of childbirth); (1826)