Jacques Mathieu Delpech (1777 – 28 October 1832) was a French surgeon born in Toulouse.
He earned his doctorate from the University of Paris in 1801 and spent the next several years as a teacher of anatomy in Toulouse. In 1812 he became a surgeon at Hôtel-Dieu Saint-Eloi in Montpellier, where he remained until his death in 1832.
Delpech is best known for his work in orthopedics, and he established a clinic for orthopaedic diseases at Saint-Eloi. There he advocated a surgical process known as "tenotomy" to correct contracture abnormalities of the extremities. He was also a pioneer of skin grafting and rhinoplasty, and is credited for documenting the first rhinoplastic operation in France.Classics of Science & Medicine, Catalogue 31
Delpech died when he was shot by a patient on 28 October 1832.
Partial list of works Réflexions et observations anatomico-chirurgicales sur l’anévrisme (1809), (Translation of Antonio Scarpa's (1752–1832) work on aneurysms). Précis des maladies chirurgicales, (1815) Considérations sur la difformité appelée pied-bots, (1823) Chirurgie clinique de Montpellier, (1823–28) (two volumes) De l’orthomorphie par rapport à l´espèce humaine, two volumes with atlas, (1828).Bibliography of Delpech @ Who Named It
See also Listing of the works of Alexandre Falguière
References This article is based on a translation of the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia.
External links Jacques Mathieu Delpech @ Who Named It