Stanislas Laugier

Stanislas Laugier

Stanislas Laugier (28 January 1799 – 15 February 1872) was a French surgeon and doctor. He was the brother of astronomer Paul Auguste Ernest Laugier (1812-1872).^[1]

He was associated with the Hôtel-Dieu in Paris, a member of the Institut and of the Académie des Sciences, president and professor of the Académie de Médecine de Paris. He was buried in the cimetière du Père-Lachaise (57ème division).^[2][3]

Written works

With Gustave-Antoine Richelot, he published a translation of William Mackenzie's "A practical treatise on the diseases of the eye" as Traité pratique des maladies des yeux.^[4] Other noted works by Laugier include:

• Des cals difformes et des opérations qu'ils réclament, 1841 (two editions)
• Des varices, de leur traitement, 1842 - Of strictures and their treatment.
• Des lésions traumatiques de la moelle épinière, 1848 - Traumatic lesions of the spinal cord.^[5]

Medical terms

• Laugier hernia: A hernia passing through an opening in the lacunar ligament.
• Laugier sign - In fracture of the lower portion of the radius, the styloid processes of the radius and of the ulna are on the same level.^[6]

References

1. The American cyclopaedia: a popular dictionary of general knowledge, Volume 10 edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana
2. Dictionnaire Historique du cimetière du Père-Lachaise XVIIIème et XIXème siècles - Domenico Gabrielli - Ed. de l'Amateur - 2002
3. Académie nationale de médecine (France) (1872). Bulletin de l'Academie de médecine. G. Masson, Editeur, Libraire de l'Académie de médecine. pp. 134–. Retrieved 20 April 2012.
4. WorldCat Title Traité pratique des maladies des yeux
5. WorldCat Identities (publications)
6. Medical Dictionary (definition of eponyms)