Pierre Charles Huguier (4 September 1804 – 12 January 1873) was a French surgeon and

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born in

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.HUGUIER (Charles Pierre)
biuSante In 1834 he received his medical doctorate at Paris, and was later a surgeon at the Hôpital Beaujon. In 1835 he became an associate professor of the faculty of medicine at Paris. Huguier is remembered for his pioneer work with

genitourinary The genitourinary system, or urogenital system, are the organs of the reproductive system and the urinary system. These are grouped together because of their proximity to each other, their common embryological origin and the use of common pathw ...

diseases such as

lymphogranuloma venereum Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV; also known as climatic bubo, Durand–Nicolas–Favre disease, poradenitis inguinale, lymphogranuloma inguinale, and strumous bubo) is a sexually transmitted disease caused by the invasive serovars L1, L2, L2a, L2 ...

and uterine fibroma, with the latter disorder being formerly referred to as "Huguier's disease". He provided an early description of the anastomosis around the isthmus of the uterus, which is sometimes referred to as "Huguier's circle". His name is also lent to two anatomical structures associated with the ear: * "Huguier's canal", or the "anterior canaliculus of

chorda tympani The chorda tympani is a branch of the facial nerve that originates from the taste buds in the front of the tongue, runs through the middle ear, and carries taste messages to the brain. It joins the facial nerve (cranial nerve VII) inside the fa ...

": A canal at the medial end of the

petrotympanic fissure The petrotympanic fissure (also known as the squamotympanic fissure or the glaserian fissure) is a fissure in the temporal bone that runs from the temporomandibular joint to the tympanic cavity. The mandibular fossa is bounded, in front, by the ...

, through which the

chorda tympani nerve The chorda tympani is a branch of the facial nerve that originates from the taste buds in the front of the tongue, runs through the middle ear, and carries taste messages to the brain. It joins the facial nerve (cranial nerve VII) inside the facia ...

exits the

tympanic cavity The tympanic cavity is a small cavity surrounding the bones of the middle ear. Within it sit the ossicles, three small bones that transmit vibrations used in the detection of sound. Structure On its lateral surface, it abuts the external auditory ...

. Also known as the "canal of Huguier", or "iter chordae anterius". * "Huguier's sinus": or the "fossula fenestrae vestibuli": A depression on the medial wall of the

middle ear The middle ear is the portion of the ear medial to the eardrum, and distal to the oval window of the cochlea (of the inner ear). The mammalian middle ear contains three ossicles, which transfer the vibrations of the eardrum into waves in the ...

which has the vestibular window in its lower portion. Also called the little fossa of the vestibular window. He is also credited with development of a specialized hysterometer ( uterine sound).

Selected writings

* ''Des opérations de pupille artificielle'', 1841. * ''Mémoire sur les kystes de la matrice et sur les kystes folliculaires du vagin''. Lu à la Société de Chirurgie le 5 May 1847. * ''Mémoire sur l'esthiomène, ou darte rongeante de la région vulvo-anale''. Extrait du tome XIV des Mémoires d l' Académie Nationale de Médecine. 1849. * ''Mémoire sur les maladies des appareils sécréteurs des organes génitaux externes de la femme''. Extrait des Mémoires de l'Academie Nationale de Médecine. 1850. * ''Mémoire sur les appareils sécréteurs des organes génitaux externes chez la femme et chez les animaux''. Extrait des Annales des Sciences Naturelles, April 1850. * ''Traitement des kystes de l'ovaire'', 1856 – Treatment of

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s. * ''Mémoire sur les allongements hypertrophiques du col de l'uterus'', 1860 – Treatise on hypertrophic elongation of the cervix. * ''De l'hystérométrie et du cathétérisme utérin'', etc. 1865 – Hysterometry and uterine catheterization.WorldCat Titles
(publications)

References

Bartleby.com, The Middle Ear or Tympanic Cavity, the Canal of Huguier
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by Barry G. Firkin French surgeons French gynaecologists 1804 births 1873 deaths People from Marne (department) 19th-century French physicians {{France-med-bio-stub