Charles-Emmanuel Sédillot (18 September 1804 – 29 January 1883) was a French military physician and

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. He was the son of orientalist Jean Jacques Emmanuel Sédillot (1777–1832), and an older brother to historian

Louis-Pierre-Eugène Sédillot Louis-Pierre-Eugène Amélie Sédillot (23 June 1808 in Paris – 2 December 1875), was a French orientalist and historian of science and historian of mathematics, mathematics. Biography His father, , orientalist and astronomer, worked alongside J ...

. Born in Paris, he studied surgery under Alexis Boyer and

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. In 1836 he became professor of operative surgery at

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, followed by a professorship at

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five years later.Google Books
System of Surgery by Frederic S. Dennis Sedillot was a pioneer of urethrotomic and gastrointestinal operations, and known for his work with

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and his treatment of

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. He is credited with coining the term "

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" (from micros "small" and bios "life").

Selected writings

* ''Du nerf pneumo-gastrique et de ses fonctions'' (1829, doctoral thesis) - The pneumogastric nerve and its functions. * ''Phlébite traumatique'' (1832, thesis for agrégation in surgery) Traumatic

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. * ''Campagne de Constantine de 1837'' - Constantine Campaign (

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). * ''De l'opération de l'empyème'', (second edition 1841) - Operation for

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* ''De l'infection purulente, ou, Pyoémie'', 1849 - Purulent infection or pyemia. * ''Traité de médecine opératoire : bandages et appareils'' (third edition 1865–66) - Treatise on operative medicine :

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and devices. * ''De l'uréthrotomie interne'', 1858 - Internal urethrotomy. * ''De l'Évidement sous-périosté des os'' (second edition 1867) -

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recess of the bone. IDREF.fr
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A pioneer in medicine and surgery: Charles Sédillot (1804-1883). {{DEFAULTSORT:Sedillot, Charles-Emmanuel French military doctors French surgeons 1804 births 1883 deaths Physicians from Paris Academic staff of the University of Strasbourg

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