François Gigot de La Peyronie
François Gigot de La Peyronie (1678 – 1747) was a French surgeon.
Founder of the French Royal Academy of Surgery
Biography
- Born 15 January 1678, Montpellier
- 1695 – Maistre-chirurgien et barbier de Montpellier
- Surgeon at the l’Hôtel-Dieu Saint-Eloi in Montpellier
- 1704 –
- 1714 – surgeon-major at the Hôpital de la Charité
- 1731 – Founded de l’Académie Royale de Chirurgie. President from 1736-1747
- 1736 – Personal Surgeon to King Louis XV (1710 – 1774)
- Died 25 April 1747, Montpellier
Medical Eponyms
- Peyronie’s disease [aka Lapeyronie disease]
Fun Facts
His name was actually Lapeyronie, which means “little stone”, and his father was a lithotomist (stone cutter).
Major Publications
- De La Peyronie F. Sur quelques obstacles qui s’opposent à l’éjaculation naturelle de la semence. Mémoires de l’Académie royale de chirurgie. 1743; 1: 425-434 [Peyronie’s disease]
References
- Androutsos G. François Gigot de Lapeyronie (1678-1747). Prog Urol, 2002, 12, 526-532
- François GIGOT de LAPEYRONIE 1678-1747 Premier chirurgien et confident du roi. Portraits de Médecins
