François Chopart (20 October 1743 – 9 June 1795) was a French

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born in

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Fuss nach Amputation in der Chopart-Linie - Roentgenbild seitlich

He was trained in medicine at the

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, Pitié and the Bicêtre hospitals. In 1771 he became a professor of practical

surgery Surgery ''cheirourgikē'' (composed of χείρ, "hand", and ἔργον, "work"), via la, chirurgiae, meaning "hand work". is a medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a person to investigate or treat a pat ...

at the '' École pratique'' in Paris, and in 1782 succeeded Toussaint Bordenave (1728–1782) as chair of

physiology Physiology (; ) is the scientific study of functions and mechanisms in a living system. As a sub-discipline of biology, physiology focuses on how organisms, organ systems, individual organs, cells, and biomolecules carry out the chemical ...

. Chopart was a pioneer of

urological Urology (from Greek οὖρον ''ouron'' "urine" and ''-logia'' "study of"), also known as genitourinary surgery, is the branch of medicine that focuses on surgical and medical diseases of the urinary-tract system and the reproductive organ ...

surgery, putting emphasis on dealing with the

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as a whole. In 1791/92 he published the two-volume ''Traité des maladies des voies urinaires''.François Chopart - bibliography
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With

Pierre-Joseph Desault Pierre-Joseph Desault (6 February 1738 – 1 June 1795) was a French anatomist and surgeon. Biography Pierre-Joseph Desault was born in Vouhenans, Franche-Comté. He was destined for a career in the Church, but his own inclination was towards the ...

(1744–1795), he was author of the surgical treatise ''Traité des maladies chirurgicales et des opérations qui leur conviennent''. There are three eponyms associated with the foot that are named after him: * "Chopart's amputation": Separation of the forefoot at the mid

tarsal joint The intertarsal joint are the joints of the tarsal bones in the foot. There are seven specific inter tarsal joints (articulations) in the human foot: * Subtalar joint * Talocalcaneonavicular joint * Calcaneocuboid joint * Cuneonavicular joint * ...

. * " Chopart's fracture-dislocation": Dislocation of the foot through the talonavicular and

calcaneocuboid joint The calcaneocuboid joint is the joint between the calcaneus and the cuboid bone. Structure The calcaneocuboid joint is a type of saddle joint between the calcaneus and the cuboid bone. Ligaments There are five ligaments connecting the calcan ...

s along with associated fractures. * "Chopart's joint" or the

transverse tarsal joint The transverse tarsal joint or midtarsal joint or Chopart's joint is formed by the articulation of the calcaneus with the cuboid (the calcaneocuboid joint), and the articulation of the talus with the navicular (the talocalcaneonavicular joint). ...

: Articulation between the hindfoot and the midfoot. In 1795 François Chopart died in Paris during a

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epidemic.

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* 1743 births 1795 deaths French surgeons French medical writers University of Paris faculty Physicians from Paris French male non-fiction writers {{France-med-bio-stub