Leon Athanese Gosselin was a French

France

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 surgeon

Surgery

Surgery is an ancient medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate and/or treat a pathological condition such as disease or injury, or to help improve bodily function or appearance.An act of performing surgery may be called a surgical...

 remembered for describing the Gosselin fracture

Gosselin fracture

The Gosselin fracture is a V-shaped fracture of the distal tibia which extends into the ankle joint and fractures the tibial plafond into anterior and posterior fragments....

 in 1866. He was chief of surgery at l'Hôpital de la Charité

Hôpital de la Charité

Hôpital de la Charité was a hospital in Paris founded in the 17th century and closed in 1935.-History:In 1606, Marie de Médicis invited the Brothers Hospitallers of St. John of God to come to France. The Abbot of Saint-Germain-des-Prés granted them the use of its former Saint-Père chapel, which...

 in Paris

Paris

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He studied medicine in Paris

Paris

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, becoming prosector

Prosector

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 to the medical faculty in 1842. In 1843 he defended his doctorate with a thesis titled Études sur les fibro-cartilages inter-articulaires. During the following year he attained his aggregation in surgery

Surgery

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 with the thesis "De l’étranglement dans les hernies. He was appointed professor at the Faculté de Médecine de Paris: the first chair of external pathology

Pathology

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 (1858-1866), fourth chair of clinical surgery at Pitié Hospital (1867), third chair of clinical surgery at Charité (1867 -1884). He was also a professor at the École supérieure de Pharmacie.

During his career, Gosselin excelled in the fields of orthopedics

Orthopedics

Orthopedics is the study of the musculoskeletal system. The Greek word 'ortho' means straight or correct and 'pedics' comes from the Greek 'pais' meaning children. For many centuries, orthopedists have been involved in the treatment of crippled children...

, anatomy

Anatomy

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, physiology

Physiology

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 and urology

Urology

Urology is the medical and surgical specialty that focuses on the urinary tracts of males and females, and on the reproductive system of males. Medical professionals specializing in the field of urology are called urologists and are trained to diagnose, treat, and manage patients with urological...

. He is remembered for his research on diseases of the testicles, spermatic cord

Spermatic cord

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 and scrotum

Scrotum

In some male mammals the scrotum is a dual-chambered protuberance of skin and muscle containing the testicles and divided by a septum. It is an extension of the perineum, and is located between the penis and anus. In humans and some other mammals, the base of the scrotum becomes covered with curly...

, and their effect on fertility and virility. In this regard he is considered a pioneer of andrology

Andrology

Andrology is the medical specialty that deals with male health, particularly relating to the problems of the male reproductive system and urological problems that are unique to men. It is the counterpart to gynaecology, which deals with medical issues which are specific to the female reproductive...

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Written works

• 1857: Traité pratique des maladies du testicule
• 1859: De l'irréductibilité et des déformations consécutives dans les fractures des os longs
• 1867: Mémoire sur les tumeurs cirsoïdes artérielles chez les adolescents et les adultes
• 1875: Sur les faux abcès des os longs et l'ostéite à forme névralgique qui les accompagne ou les simule, lu à l'Académie de médecine, le 5 octobre 1875
• 1879: Clinique chirurgicale de l'hôpital de la Charité
• 1881: Recherches sur la valeur antiseptique de certaines substances et en particulier de la solution alcoolique de Gaultheria
• 1883: Traité des maladies du rectum.