Jacques Mathieu Delpech

Jacques Mathieu Delpech
Jacques Mathieu Delpech
Born1777 (1777)
Died28 October 1832(1832-10-28) (aged 54–55)
EducationUniversity of Paris
Known fororthopedics
Scientific career
Fieldssurgeon

Jacques Mathieu Delpech (1777 – 28 October 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 he 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.

Delpech died when he was shot by a patient on 28 October 1832.

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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. 54 (2). France: 171–5. doi:10.1016/j.anplas.2008.10.014. PMID 19195756.
  3. ↑ Bibliography of Delpech @ Who Named It