Jacques Mathieu Delpech

Jacques Mathieu Delpech

Jacques Mathieu Delpech
Born 1777
Toulouse
Died October 28, 1832
Montpellier
Nationality France
Fields surgeon
Alma mater University of Paris
Known for orthopedics

Jacques Mathieu Delpech (1777 – October 28, 1832) was a French surgeon born in Toulouse.

He earned his doctorate from the University of Paris in 1801 and spent the next several years as a teacher of anatomy in Toulouse. In 1812 be became a surgeon at Hôtel-Dieu Saint-Eloi in Montpellier, where he remained until his death in 1832.

Delpech is best known for his work in orthopedics, and he established a clinic for orthopaedic diseases at Saint-Eloi. There he advocated a surgical process known as "tenotomy" to correct contracture abnormalities of the extremities. He was also a pioneer of skin grafting and rhinoplasty, and is credited for documenting the first rhinoplastic operation in France.[1]

Delpech died when he was shot by a patient on October 28, 1832.[2]

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References

  1. Classics of Science & Medicine, Catalogue 31
  2. Glicenstein, J (Apr 2009). "Pioneers and martyrs: Delpech, Guinard, Pozzi". Annales de chirurgie plastique et esthétique (France) 54 (2): 171–5. doi:10.1016/j.anplas.2008.10.014. PMID 19195756.
  3. Bibliography of Delpech @ Who Named It

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