Philibert Joseph Roux
Introduction Philibert Joseph Roux (1780–1854)'''Philibert Joseph Roux''' (April 26, 1780 – March 24, 1854) was a French surgeon born in Auxerre.Trained as a military surgeon, he later moved to Paris, where he was a student and friend of Xavier Bichat (1771–1802). In 1806, he became a surgeon at the Hôpital Beaujon, and in 1810 was assigned to the Hôpital de la Charité. In 1835, he succeeded Guillaume Dupuytren (1777–1835) as chief surgeon at Hôtel-Dieu de Paris.Remembered for his pioneer work in plastic surgery, in 1819 he performed one of the earliest staphylorrhaphies (surgical repair of a cleft palate). He is also credited with being the first surgeon to suture a ruptured female perineum (1832).A collection of his papers is held at the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland.
Selected writings * ''Nouveaux élémens de médecine opératoire'', 1813 - New elements of operative medicine. * ''Memoire sur la staphyloraphie, ou suture du voile du palais'', 1825 - Memoir on the staphylorraphy, or suture of the soft palate. * "A Narrative of a Journey to London in 1814, or, A parallel of the English and French surgery".
References
External links *The Medical times and gazette Biographical Sketch of M. Roux* An introduction to the history of medicine by Fielding Hudson Garrison