François Merry Delabost
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François Merry Delabost (29 August 1836 – 11 March 1918) was a French physician. Chief-physician in a French prison in
Rouen Rouen (, ; or ) is a city on the River Seine, in northwestern France. It is in the prefecture of Regions of France, region of Normandy (administrative region), Normandy and the Departments of France, department of Seine-Maritime. Formerly one ...
, he is known to be the inventor of the
shower A shower is a place in which a person bathes under a spray of typically warm or hot water. Indoors, there is a drain in the floor. Most showers are set up to have adjustable temperature, spray pressure and showerhead nozzle angle. The si ...
in 1872.


External links


Karl Feltgen, ''Dr Merry Delabost inventor of the shower ? (french)''

Merry Delabost Rouen History website
1836 births 1918 deaths 19th-century French physicians Knights of the Legion of Honour {{France-med-bio-stub