François Merry Delabost (29 August 1836 – 11 March 1918) was a French physician.
Chief-physician in a French prison in
Rouen
Rouen (, ; or ) is a city on the River Seine in northern France. It is the prefecture of the Regions of France, region of Normandy (administrative region), Normandy and the Departments of France, department of Seine-Maritime. Formerly one of ...
, he is known to be the inventor of the
shower
A shower is a place in which a person bathes under a spray of typically warm or hot water. Indoors, there is a drain in the floor. Most showers have temperature, spray pressure and adjustable showerhead nozzle. The simplest showers have a ...
in 1872.
External links
Karl Feltgen, ''Dr Merry Delabost inventor of the shower ? (french)''Merry Delabost Rouen History website
1836 births
1918 deaths
19th-century French physicians
Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur
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