Charles Labbé was a French surgeon, born October 8, 1851, Merlerault, and died October 22, 1889, Paris. He discovered what is now known as the vein of Labbé (

inferior anastomotic vein The inferior anastomotic vein, also known as the vein of Labbe, is one of several superficial cerebral veins on the human brain. It was named after the 19th century French surgeon Charles Labbé (1851–1889), the nephew of the surgeon and politi ...

) in his 3rd year of medical school.

Biography

He was the son of Alexandre Labbé (1823–1888) and Marie Chapey (1830–?), born in a small village in Normandy called Merlerault in the district of

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in 1871, probably inspired by his uncle, the surgeon Léon Labbé (1832–1916) who is remembered for Labbé's triangle. On March 13, 1882, Labbé defended his thesis for the medical doctorate. In 1885 he married Marie Eugenie Boussatón (1863–1891). They had one child, Suzanne, born 1889. Charles Labbé died shortly (three weeks) after the birth of his daughter. In 1879, the article entitled "''Note sur la circulation veineuse du cerveau et sur le mode de développement des corpuscules de Pacchioni''" was published in the "''Archives de Physiologie Normale et Pathologique''" (currently known as the Journal of Physiology

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. In a short introduction to this publication, Labbé mentioned that

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(1834–1904) was his supervisor. Tillaux was a famous surgeon, also working at the Beaujon Hospital, who produced publications about the surgical treatment of fractures of the

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, among other subjects. In the body of the article, Labbé described various kinds of intracranial connections of cerebral veins. In his paragraph on the communications between

dural sinuses The dural venous sinuses (also called dural sinuses, cerebral sinuses, or cranial sinuses) are venous channels found between the endosteal and meningeal layers of dura mater in the brain. They receive blood from the cerebral veins, receive cerebr ...

, he reported the presence of the vein that bears his name.

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