Joseph Capuron (10 May 1767, in

Larroque-Saint-Sernin Larroque-Saint-Sernin (; oc, La Ròca Sent Sarnin) is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France. Geography Population See also *Communes of the Gers department The following is a list of the 461 communes of the Gers depa ...

– 1850) was a French

obstetrician Obstetrics is the field of study concentrated on pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period. As a medical specialty, obstetrics is combined with gynecology under the discipline known as obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN), which is a surg ...

. In 1802 he received his medical doctorate in Paris, where in 1822 he obtained his

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at the faculty of medicine. In 1823 he became a member of the

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Published works

Capuron published several treatises on diseases of women and children, however his best known literary effort was an 1806 dictionary of medicine called ''Nouveau dictionnaire de médecine, de chirurgie, de physique, de chimie et d'histoire naturelle''. In 1810, Capuron and physiologist

Pierre-Hubert Nysten Pierre-Hubert Nysten (30 October 1771 – 3 March 1818) was a French physiologist and pediatrician who was a native of Liège. Biography He studied medicine in Paris, and eventually became a professor at the École de Médecine in Paris. Sh ...

(1771–1818) published a second edition of the dictionary. Afterwards, there were numerous revisions and editions (as well as changes to the title of the dictionary) by Nysten,

Émile Littré Émile Maximilien Paul Littré (; 1 February 18012 June 1881) was a French lexicographer, freemason and philosopher, best known for his ''Dictionnaire de la langue française'', commonly called . Biography Littré was born in Paris. His father ...

(1801–1881), et al. The twenty-first and final edition was published in 1908. His other works include: * ''Aphrodisiographie, ou Tableau de la maladie vénérienne'', 1807 – Aphrodisiography, or table of venereal disease. * ''Tableau historique de l'art des accouchemens'', 1810 – Historical table on the art of obstetrics. * ''Cours théorique et pratique d'accouchemens'', 1811 – Theoretical and practical courses of obstetrics. * ''Traité des maladies des femmes, depuis la puberté jusqu'a l'age critique inclusivement'', 1812 – Diseases of women, from puberty to the critical age inclusive. * ''Traité des maladies des femmes, depuis la puberté jusqu'a l'age critique inclusivement'', Seconde édition, revue corrigée et augmentée 1817 – Diseases of women, from puberty to the critical age inclusive. * ''Traité des maladies des enfants jusqu'a la puberté'', 1813 – Treatise on diseases of children up to puberty. * ''Traité des maladies des enfants jusqu'a la puberté'', Seconde édition 1820 – Treatise on diseases of children up to puberty. * ''Notice sur les eaux minérales de Castéra-Verduzan, département du Gers'', 1830 – On the mineral waters of Castera-Verduzan.Capuron, Joseph (1767-1850)
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Associated eponym

* Cardinal points of Capuron: Term associated with four fixed points in the

pelvic inlet The pelvic inlet or superior aperture of the pelvis is a planar surface which defines the boundary between the pelvic cavity and the abdominal cavity (or, according to some authors, between two parts of the pelvic cavity, called lesser pelvis and ...

; the two

iliopubic eminence Medial to the anterior inferior iliac spine is a broad, shallow groove, over which the iliacus and psoas major muscles pass. This groove is bounded medially by an eminence, the iliopubic eminence (or iliopectineal eminence), which marks the point o ...

s anteriorly, and the two

sacroiliac joint The sacroiliac joint or SI joint (SIJ) is the joint between the sacrum and the ilium bones of the pelvis, which are connected by strong ligaments. In humans, the sacrum supports the spine and is supported in turn by an ilium on each side. The ...

s posteriorly. Also called the "cardinal points of the pelvic inlet".

References

Becker Medical Medical Library Catalog

A Compend of Obstetrics, etc. by Henry Gardner Landis and William Hughes Wells French obstetricians People from Gers 1767 births 1850 deaths {{France-med-bio-stub