Simon-Emmanuel Duplay, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Simon-Emmanuel Duplay

French surgeon

Date of Birth: 10-Sep-1836

Place of Birth: Paris, ÃŽle-de-France, France

Date of Death: 16-Jan-1924

Profession: surgeon

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Simon-Emmanuel Duplay

  • Simon-Emmanuel Duplay (10 September 1836, in Paris – 16 January 1924) was a French surgeon who was a member of the Académie de Médecine (1879). He studied medicine in Paris, obtaining his agrégation for surgery in 1866 with a thesis on umbilical hernias titled De la hernia ombilicale.
  • In 1867 he was appointed surgeon to the "Bureau central", later working at the Hôpital de Lourcine (1871) and the Hôpital Saint-Antoine (from 1872).
  • In 1880 he became a professor of surgical pathology, followed by a professorship in clinical surgery (1890).In the late 19th century he provided a comprehensive description of periarthritis of the shoulder, a condition known today as scapulohumeral periarthritis, and sometimes referred to as "Duplay's disease".
  • With German surgeon Karl Thiersch (1822-1895), his name is associated with an operation for repair of distal hypospadias (Thiersch-Duplay technique).
  • He is also credited with creation of a nasal speculum.

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