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 concerning 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 October 28, 1832.^[1]

[edit] Partial bibliography

• Réflexions et observations anatomico-chirurgicales sur l’anévrisme (1809), (Translation of Antonio Scarpa's (1752-1832) work on aneurysms).
• Précis des maladies chirurgicales, (1815)
• Considérations sur la difformité appelée pied-bots, (1823)
• Chirurgie clinique de Montpellier, (1823-28) (two volumes)
• Orthomorphie, (1829)
• Mémorial des hôpitaux du Midi, (1831)

[edit] References

• This article is based on a translation of the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia.

1. ^ 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. 

[edit] External links

• Jacques Delpech @ Who Named It

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