Léon Bouveret (27 September 1850 – 1929) was a French internist born in

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, a community in the department of

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. After receiving his doctorate in

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in 1878, he became director of a clinic in

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that was run by professor

Raphaël Lépine Jacques Raphaël Lépine (6 July 1840 – 17 November 1919) was a French physiologist who was a native of Lyon. Biography From 1860 he served as interne to the hospitals of Lyon, and later moved to Paris, where from 1865 he also worked as a hospi ...

(1840–1919). Soon afterwards, he became associated with the , and in 1880 was appointed '. He resigned from the in 1900, although, he resumed his work there on a few occasions during

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. As a young physician, Bouveret played an important role in the fight against

cholera Cholera is an infection of the small intestine by some strains of the bacterium ''Vibrio cholerae''. Symptoms may range from none, to mild, to severe. The classic symptom is large amounts of watery diarrhea that lasts a few days. Vomiting and ...

Ardèche Ardèche (; oc, Ardecha; frp, Ardecha) is a department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region of Southeastern France. It is named after the river Ardèche and had a population of 328,278 as of 2019.paroxysmal tachycardia Paroxysmal tachycardia is a form of tachycardia which begins and ends in an acute (or paroxysmal) manner. It is also known as "Bouveret-Hoffmann syndrome". Cause The cause of this condition is not accurately known, though it is probably of nerv ...

(Bouveret's disease). The term "" is also named after him, being defined as a

gastric outlet obstruction Gastric outlet obstruction (GOO) is a medical condition where there is an obstruction at the level of the pylorus, which is the outlet of the stomach. Individuals with gastric outlet obstruction will often have recurrent vomiting of food that has ...

caused by a large

gallstone A gallstone is a calculus (medicine), stone formed within the gallbladder from precipitated bile components. The term cholelithiasis may refer to the presence of gallstones or to any disease caused by gallstones, and choledocholithiasis refers to ...

migrating into the

duodenal bulb The duodenal bulb is the portion of the duodenum closest to the stomach. It normally has a length of about 5 centimeters. The duodenal bulb begins at the pylorus and ends at the neck of the gallbladder. It is located posterior to the liver and the ...

through a biliogastric or bilioduodenal

fistula A fistula (plural: fistulas or fistulae ; from Latin ''fistula'', "tube, pipe") in anatomy is an abnormal connection between two hollow spaces (technically, two epithelialized surfaces), such as blood vessels, intestines, or other hollow or ...

.Bouveret's syndrome I
at

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He is remembered for his written efforts, in particular, "'" (Treatise on diseases of the stomach) and "'" (a publication on

neurasthenia Neurasthenia (from the Ancient Greek νεῦρον ''neuron'' "nerve" and ἀσθενής ''asthenés'' "weak") is a term that was first used at least as early as 1829 for a mechanical weakness of the nerves and became a major diagnosis in North A ...

). With

Raymond Tripier Raymond Tripier (1838–1916) was a French physician and pathologist. From 1858 to 1862 he worked as in Lyon, afterwards supporting his doctorate in Paris (1863) with a dissertation on spontaneous arterio-venous aneurysms of the aorta and superior ...

(1838-1916), he was the co-author of "'" (1886), a book that recommended cold baths for the treatment of

typhoid fever Typhoid fever, also known as typhoid, is a disease caused by '' Salmonella'' serotype Typhi bacteria. Symptoms vary from mild to severe, and usually begin six to 30 days after exposure. Often there is a gradual onset of a high fever over several ...

. Beginning in 1882, he became a member of the editorial staff of ', from which many of his works were published.

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