Jean Cruveilhier
Jean Cruveilhier | |
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Académie de Médecine, later its president; president of the Société anatomique | |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Anatomy, pathology |
| Institutions | Paris |
| Notable students | Ramón Emeterio Betances |
Jean Cruveilhier (French pronunciation: pathologist.
Academic career
Cruveilhier was born in
pathological anatomy.[1]
In 1836 he was elected to the
Légion d'honneur laureate, Ramón Emeterio Betances, was one of his prominent students.[2] He died, aged 83, in Sussac
.
Contributions
He was a highly influential anatomist, making important contributions in his study of the nervous system. Jean-Martin Charcot (1825-1893) credits Cruveilhier as being the first to describe lesions associated with what today is known as multiple sclerosis, of which were depicted in Cruveilhier's Anatomie pathologique du corps humain (two volumes 1829-1835, 1835-1842).[3] Cruveilhier is also credited as being the first to provide a pathological account of the disease.
Cruveilhier was an opponent of large
vascular system, being remembered for his studies of phlebitis, which he believed to "dominate all of pathology".[4]
His name is associated with
Cruveilhier-Baumgarten disease (cirrhosis of the liver without ascites), a condition named with German pathologist Paul Clemens von Baumgarten
(1848-1928). Cruveilhier's name is also associated with several parts of the anatomy; however, these terms have largely been replaced by the modern anatomical nomenclature:
- Cruveilhier's fossa: scaphoid fossa of sphenoid bone.
- Cruveilhier's fascia: superficial fascia of perineum.
- Cruveilhier's joint: median atlanto-axial joint.[5]
- Cruveilhier's plexus: posterior cervical plexus, plexus formed by the dorsal rami of the first three spinal nerves.[6]
Partial list of written works
- Anatomie descriptive (1834–1836).
- Anatomie pathologique du corps humain (1829–1842), with over 200 copper plates illustrated by Antoine Chazal (1793–1854).
- Vie de Dupuytren (Life of Dupuytren, 1840), a book that was a memorial to his mentor.
- Traité d'anatomie pathologique génerale (1849–1864).
- Anatomie du système nerveux de l'homme (1845).
- Traité d'anatomie descriptive (1851).
- The Anatomy of the Human Body (1844), The First American Edition, From the Last Paris Edition, Edited by Granville Sharp Pattison, M.D., New York: Published by Harper & Brothers, No. 82 Cliff-Street (1844), Illustrated with numerous woodcuts from the best anatomical engravings.[7]
See also
References
- ^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cruveilhier, Jean". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 7 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 561.
- ISBN 094234748Xpp. 20, 29–30
- ^ McAlpine's Multiple Sclerosis: Texte Imprimé By Douglas MacAlpine
- ^ The Aetiology of Deep Venous Thrombosis by P. Colm Malone, Paul S. Agutter
- ^ Mondofacto Dictionary[permanent dead link] (definition of eponyms)
- ^ Basic Human Anatomy - O'Rahilly, Müller, Carpenter & Swenson Glossary of eponyms Archived 12 June 2018 at the Wayback Machine Cruveilhier's plexus
- ^ Original Publication
- Jean Cruveilhier @ Who Named It
- Dr Léon Delhoume, L'École de Dupuytren – Jean Cruveilhier. Paris 1937
External links
- [1] Outlines of the History of Medicine and the Medical Profession by Johann Hermann Baas and Henry Ebenezer Handerson
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