Auguste Nélaton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Auguste Nélaton

French physician and surgeon

Date of Birth: 17-Jun-1807

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

Date of Death: 21-Sep-1873

Profession: politician, surgeon, plastic surgeon

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Auguste Nélaton

  • Auguste Nélaton (17 June 1807 – 21 September 1873) was a French physician and surgeon. Born in Paris, he began studying medicine in 1828 and graduated as an MD in 1836 with a thesis on the effects of tuberculosis on the bones.
  • Three years later, he became an agrégé at the Hôpital Saint-Louis after his publication of On the treatment of breast tumors.
  • From 1851 to 1867, he was a full professor, a post he abandoned when he became the personal surgeon of Napoleon III.
  • Ramón Emeterio Betances—Puerto Rican pro-independence leader, surgeon and Légion d'honneur laureate—was one of Nélaton's prominent students.In 1867, Nélaton was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. In 1868, Nélaton was appointed Imperial Senator. Nélaton worked in plastic surgery.
  • He was the first to re-emphasize ligature of the two ends of arteries in hemorrhages first promoted by Ambroise Paré in the mid-16th century.
  • He invented the porcelain-knobbed probe for locating bullets known as Nélaton's probe.
  • The probe was used to locate a bullet in the ankle of Giuseppe Garibaldi in 1862.
  • He also made noted contributions to pelvic and abdominal surgery. Nélaton is also credited with the invention of the Nélaton catheter.
  • A rubber catheter which was a great improvement and relieved patients of the distress of tour de maître (catherisation with stiff implements).
  • He is also associated with improvements in lithotomy. Nélaton died in Paris and is buried in Père Lachaise Cemetery.

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