Jacques Mathieu Delpech (1777 – 28 October 1832) was a French

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born in

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. He earned his doctorate from the

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in 1801 and spent the next several years as a teacher of

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in Toulouse. In 1812 he became a surgeon at Hôtel-Dieu Saint-Eloi in

Montpellier Montpellier (, , ; oc, Montpelhièr ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of ...

, where he remained until his death in 1832. Delpech is best known for his work in

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, and he established a clinic for orthopaedic diseases at Saint-Eloi. There he advocated a surgical process known as "

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" to correct

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abnormalities of the extremities. He was also a pioneer of

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ing and

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, and is credited for documenting the first rhinoplastic operation in France. Delpech died when he was shot by a patient on 28 October 1832.

Partial list of works

* ''Réflexions et observations anatomico-chirurgicales sur l’anévrisme'' (1809), (Translation of

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's (1752–1832) work on

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s). * ''Précis des maladies chirurgicales'', (1815) * ''Considérations sur la difformité appelée pied-bots'', (1823) * ''Chirurgie clinique de Montpellier'', (1823–28) (two volumes) * ''De l’orthomorphie par rapport à l´espèce humaine'', two volumes with atlas, (1828).Bibliography of Delpech
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1777 births 1832 deaths Physicians from Toulouse French orthopedic surgeons University of Paris alumni French murder victims Deaths by firearm in France People murdered in France 1832 murders in France {{France-med-bio-stub

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