Henri Rouvière
Henri Rouvière (December 23, 1876 – 1952) was a professor of anatomy who was born in Le Bleymard, France.
He studied in Montpellier and received his medical doctorate in 1903. In 1910 he became professor of anatomy and embryology at the University of Paris. Collège Henri Rouvière in his hometown of Le Bleymard is named in his honour.
Rouvière is remembered for his 1932 publication of Anatomie des Lymphatiques de l'Homme (translated into English as "Anatomy of the Human Lymphatic System" in 1938),[1] which was an exhaustive study involving the delineation and classification of human lymph nodes and their associated drainage regions. Rouvière's work was a continuation of the seminal research of the lymphatic system done by anatomist Marie Sappey (1810-1896).[2] Other important written works by Rouvière are "Anatomie humaine descriptive, topographique et fonctionnelle", "Atlas aide-mémoire d'anatomie" and "L'anatomie humaine". Many of his anatomical works are preserved in the Musée d'Anatomie Delmas-Orfila-Rouvière in Paris.
The eponymous "node of Rouvière" (sometimes called "Rouvière node") features his name; this node is the most superior of the lateral group of the retropharyngeal lymph nodes, and is found at the base of the skull.
[edit] References
- ^ British Journal of Surgery "Anatomy of the human lymphatic system"
- ^ Marie Philibert Constant Sappey @ Who Named It
- Carcinoma Nasopharynx (node of Rouvière featured on Slide #6)
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