Jean Casimir Félix Guyon

Jean Casimir Félix Guyon (21 July 1831 – 2 August 1920) was a French

In 1907, he along with urologists from Europe, the United States and South America established the Association Internationale d'Urologie. In 1979 he was commemorated on a postage stamp, issued by France on the occasion of the 18th Congress of the Association Internationale d'Urologie, held in Paris.^[1] The Hôpital Félix Guyon, located in Saint-Denis, Réunion, is named in his honour.^[2]

Although he was primarily known for work with

• "Guyon's isthmus": an elongated constriction of the junction of the body and cervix.
• "Guyon's sign": ballottement of the kidney
• "Guyon's urethrotome": a variant of Maisonneuve's urethrotome.

Œuvre écrite

• Sur les cavités de l'utérus à l'état de vacuité. Doctoral thesis; Paris, 1858.
• Des tumeurs fibreuses de l'utérus. Concours-thesis, 1860.
• Des vices de conformation de l'urèthre chez l'homme et les moyens d'y remédier. Concours-thesis, 1863.
• Éléments de chirurgie clinique, comprenant le diagnostic chirurgical, les opérations etc. Paris, 1873.
• Leçons cliniques sur les maladies des voies urinaires. Paris, J. B. Baillière, 1881; 2nd edition, 1885; 1084 pages. This book is based on his lectures at the
  Hôpital Necker
  in 1876 and 1877.
• Atlas des maladies des voies urinaires. Published with Pierre Bazy (1853–1934). Paris : Doin. Book 1–4, 1881–1883.
• Lecons sur les cystites et sur les prostatiques. 1888.
• Leçons cliniques sur les affections chirurgicales de la vessie et de la prostate. Paris, J. B. Baillière, 1888.
• Anatomie et physiologie pathologique de la rétention de l’urine. with Joaquín Albarrán (1860–1912). (1890).^[3]

Honours

• Légion d'honneur:^[4]
  • Knight in 1868,
  • Officer in 1893,
  • Commander in 1906
• Officier d'Académie (
  Ordre des Palmes Académiques) in 1869 ^[5]
• Officier de l'Instruction Publique (
  Ordre des Palmes Académiques) in 1880 ^[5]