Philibert Joseph Roux Papers

Collection

Identifier: MS C 285

Abstract

Letters and manuscript material.

Dates

Creation: 1807-1843

Extent

0.21 Linear Feet (1 box)

Creator

Roux, Philibert Joseph (Person)

Physical Location

Materials stored onsite. History of Medicine Division. National Library of Medicine

Language of Materials

Collection materials primarily in English

Restrictions

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Biographical Note

Philibert Joseph Roux, 1780-1854, was a French surgeon, professor of medicine, and medical writer. He lectured at l'hopital Beaujon, la Charite, and L'Hotel-Dieu 1835-54. He was an influential instructor on anatomy and surgery, and a noted experimental surgeon.

Roux wrote Melanges de chirurgie et de physiologie (1809), Nouveaux elemens de medecine operatoire (1813), A narrative of a journey to London, in 1814; or, A parallel of the English and French surgery; preceded by some observations on the London hospitals (1816), Memoire sur la staphyloraphie; ou, Suture du voile du palais (1825), Discours prononce a la seance publique de Rentree de la Faculte de Medecine de Paris (1851), and Quarante annees de pratique chirurgicale (1855).