Charles-Emmanuel Sédillot

Charles-Emmanuel Sédillot (1869)

Charles-Emmanuel Sédillot (18 September 1804  29 January 1883) was a French military physician and surgeon. He was the son of orientalist Jean Jacques Emmanuel Sédillot (17771832), and an older brother to historian Louis-Pierre-Eugène Sédillot.

Born in Paris, he studied surgery under Alexis Boyer and Philibert Joseph Roux. In 1836 he became professor of operative surgery at Val-de-Grâce, followed by a professorship at Strasbourg five years later.[1]

Sedillot was a pioneer of urethrotomic and gastrotomic operations, and known for his work with dislocations and his treatment of pyaemia.[1][2] He is credited with coining the term "microbe" (from micros "small" and bios "life").[3]

Selected writings

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Google Books System of Surgery by Frederic S. Dennis
  2. Biographical Dictionary outstanding physicians of the nineteenth century. Berlin, Vienna, 1901, 1567-1569
  3. Google Books The Phrenological Journal and Science of Health: Incorporated ..., Volumes 92-93
  4. IDREF.fr (bibliography)

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