Stanislas Laugier
Stanislas Laugier (28 January 1799 – 15 February 1872) was a French surgeon and medical doctor. He was the brother of astronomer Paul Auguste Ernest Laugier (1812-1872).[1]
He was associated with the Hôtel-Dieu in Paris, a member of the Institut and of the Académie des Sciences, president and professor of the Académie de Médecine de Paris. He was buried in the cimetière du Père-Lachaise (57ème division).[2][3]
Written works
[edit]With Gustave-Antoine Richelot, he published a translation of William Mackenzie's "A practical treatise on the diseases of the eye" as Traité pratique des maladies des yeux.[4] Other noted works by Laugier include:
- Des cals difformes et des opérations qu'ils réclament, 1841 (two editions)
- Des varices, de leur traitement, 1842 - Of strictures and their treatment.
- Des lésions traumatiques de la moelle épinière, 1848 - Traumatic lesions of the spinal cord.[5]
Medical terms
[edit]- Laugier hernia: A hernia passing through an opening in the lacunar ligament.
- Laugier sign - In fracture of the lower portion of the radius, the styloid processes of the radius and of the ulna are on the same level.[6]
- Laugiers fracture: fracture of the trochlea of humerus
References
[edit]- ^ The American cyclopaedia: a popular dictionary of general knowledge, Volume 10 edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana
- ^ Dictionnaire Historique du cimetière du Père-Lachaise XVIIIème et XIXème siècles - Domenico Gabrielli - Ed. de l'Amateur - 2002
- ^ Académie nationale de médecine (France) (1872). Bulletin de l'Academie de médecine. G. Masson, Editeur, Libraire de l'Académie de médecine. pp. 134–. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
- ^ WorldCat Title Traité pratique des maladies des yeux
- ^ WorldCat Identities (publications)
- ^ Medical Dictionary (definition of eponyms)
