Léon Labbé (September 29, 1832 – March 21, 1916) was a French surgeon and politician who was born in the village of Le Merlerault in the department of

Orne Orne (; nrf, Ôrne or ) is a département in the northwest of France, named after the river Orne. It had a population of 279,942 in 2019.Charles Labbé 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) in his 3rd year of medical school. Biography He was the son ...

(1851–1889), who first described the inferior anastomotic vein ( vein of Labbé). From 1856 to 1860 Labbé was a hospital intern in

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, and in 1861 earned his medical doctorate. Afterwards, he was a surgeon at several hospitals in Paris, including the Hôpital Beaujon, where he was chief-surgeon for many years. In 1879 he became a member of the

Académie de Médecine An academy ( Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy ...

. In 1892 he was elected to the Senate representing the department of Orne. In this role, he introduced various laws of interest to the medical community, including the 1914 ''Loi Labbé'' (Labbé Law), legislation that provided compulsory anti-typhoid vaccinations for French soldiers.
Mélanges d'histoire de la médecine hébraïque By Gad Freudenthal, Samuel S. Kottek, Paul Fenton

Associated eponym

* Labbé triangle: Location where the

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is normally in contact with the

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