Charles-Emmanuel Sédillot (18 September 1804 – 29 January 1883) was a French military physician and surgeon. He was the son of orientalist Jean Jacques Emmanuel Sédillot (1777–1832), and an older brother to historian Louis-Pierre-Eugène Sédillot.

Born in Paris, he studied surgery under Alexis Boyer and Philibert Joseph Roux. In 1836 he became professor of operative surgery at Val-de-Grâce, followed by a professorship at Strasbourg five years later.Google Books System of Surgery by Frederic S. Dennis

Sedillot was a pioneer of urethrotomic and gastrointestinal operations, and known for his work with dislocations and his treatment of pyaemia.Biographical Dictionary outstanding physicians of the nineteenth century. Berlin, Vienna, 1901, 1567-1569 He is credited with coining the term "microbe" (from micros "small" and bios "life"). From p. 634: "Les noms de ces organismes sont très-nombreux et devront être définis et, en partie, réformés. Le mot microbe avant l'avantage d'être plus court et d'une signification plus générale, … , nous l'adoptons, … pour la désignation de variétés plus particulièrement étudiées." (The names of these [microscopic] organisms are very numerous and should be defined and, in part, reformed. The word "microbe", having the advantage of being shorter and having a more general meaning, … , we adopt it, … for the designation of more particularly studied varieties.)

Selected writings Du nerf pneumo-gastrique et de ses fonctions (1829, doctoral thesis) - The pneumogastric nerve and its functions. Phlébite traumatique (1832, thesis for agrégation in surgery) Traumatic phlebitis. Campagne de Constantine de 1837 - Constantine Campaign (French North Africa). De l'opération de l'empyème, (second edition 1841) - Operation for empyema De l'infection purulente, ou, Pyoémie, 1849 - Purulent infection or pyemia. Traité de médecine opératoire : bandages et appareils (third edition 1865–66) - Treatise on operative medicine : bandages and devices. De l'uréthrotomie interne, 1858 - Internal urethrotomy. De l'Évidement sous-périosté des os (second edition 1867) - Subperiosteal recess of the bone. IDREF.fr (bibliography)

See also Émile Küss

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