Died 1835-02-08.
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Guillaume Dupuytren
Guillaume Dupuytren, Baron Dupuytren was a French anatomist and military surgeon. Although he gained much esteem for treating Napoleon Bonaparte's hemorrhoids he is best known today for his description of Dupuytren's contracture, which is named after him and on which he first operated in 1831 and published in The Lancet in 1834.
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science · French anatomist and military surgeon (1777–1835) · physician · university teacher · pathologist · surgeon · anatomist · also Guillaume Dupuytren, Baron Dupuytren, Baron Guillaume Dupuytren, Dupuytren
Born 3 October 1777 · Died 8 February 1835 · Q679098
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1829· 1 entry
Awarded Officer of the Legion of Honour (1829).
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1824· 1 entry
Career landmark: president (1824–1825).
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1816· 1 entry
Was appointed to the chair of clinical surgery and became head surgeon at the Hôtel-Dieu, a post he held until his death
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1814· 1 entry
Awarded Knight of the Legion of Honour (1814).
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1803· 2 entries
Was appointed assistant surgeon at the Hôtel-Dieu in Paris, and in 1811 he became professor of operative surgery in succession to Raphael Bienvenu Sabatier
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Career landmark: president (1803).
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1777· 1 entry
Born 1777-10-03.
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