Philibert Joseph Roux
Philibert Joseph Roux was a French surgeon born in Auxerre.
Trained as a military surgeon, he later moved to Paris, where he was a student and friend of Xavier Bichat. In 1806, he became a surgeon at the Hôpital Beaujon, and in 1810 was assigned to the Hôpital de la Charité. In 1835, he succeeded Guillaume Dupuytren as chief surgeon at Hôtel-Dieu de Paris.
Remembered for his pioneer work in plastic surgery, in 1819 he performed one of the earliest staphylorrhaphies. He is also credited with being the first surgeon to suture a ruptured female perineum.
A collection of his papers is held at the National Library of Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland.Selected writings
- Nouveaux élémens de médecine opératoire, 1813 - New elements of operative medicine.
- Memoire sur la staphyloraphie, ou suture du voile du palais, 1825 - Memoir on the staphylorraphy, or suture of the soft palate.
- "A Narrative of a Journey to London in 1814, or, A parallel of the English and French surgery".
