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François Chopart (20 October 1743 – 9 June 1795) was a French 
He was trained in medicine at the Hôtel-Dieu, Pitié and the Bicêtre hospitals. In 1771 he became a professor of practical François Chopart - bibliography
at Who Named It With Pierre-Joseph Desault (1744–1795), he was author of the surgical treatise ''Traité des maladies chirurgicales et des opérations qui leur conviennent''. There are three eponyms associated with the foot that are named after him: * "Chopart's amputation": Separation of the forefoot at the mid tarsal joint. * " Chopart's fracture-dislocation": Dislocation of the foot through the talonavicular and calcaneocuboid joints along with associated fractures. * "Chopart's joint" or the transverse tarsal joint: Articulation between the hindfoot and the midfoot. In 1795 François Chopart died in Paris during a
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surgeon
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born in Paris
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He was trained in medicine at the Hôtel-Dieu, Pitié and the Bicêtre hospitals. In 1771 he became a professor of practical surgery
Surgery is a medical specialty that uses manual and instrumental techniques to diagnose or treat pathological conditions (e.g., trauma, disease, injury, malignancy), to alter bodily functions (e.g., malabsorption created by bariatric surgery s ...
at the '' École pratique'' in Paris, and in 1782 succeeded Toussaint Bordenave (1728–1782) as chair of physiology
Physiology (; ) is the science, scientific study of function (biology), functions and mechanism (biology), mechanisms in a life, living system. As a branches of science, subdiscipline of biology, physiology focuses on how organisms, organ syst ...
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Chopart was a pioneer of urological surgery, putting emphasis on dealing with the urinary tract as a whole. In 1791/92 he published the two-volume ''Traité des maladies des voies urinaires''.at Who Named It With Pierre-Joseph Desault (1744–1795), he was author of the surgical treatise ''Traité des maladies chirurgicales et des opérations qui leur conviennent''. There are three eponyms associated with the foot that are named after him: * "Chopart's amputation": Separation of the forefoot at the mid tarsal joint. * " Chopart's fracture-dislocation": Dislocation of the foot through the talonavicular and calcaneocuboid joints along with associated fractures. * "Chopart's joint" or the transverse tarsal joint: Articulation between the hindfoot and the midfoot. In 1795 François Chopart died in Paris during a
cholera
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epidemic.
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* 1743 births 1795 deaths French surgeons French medical writers Academic staff of the University of Paris Physicians from Paris French male non-fiction writers {{France-med-bio-stub