Noël Guéneau de Mussy

Noël Guéneau de Mussy

Noël-Francois-Odon Guéneau de Mussy (November 6, 1813 - June 1, 1885) was a French physician who was a native of Paris. He was the son of writer Philibert Guéneau de Mussy (1776-1854), and grandson to hygienist Jean Noël Hallé (1754-1822).

In 1835 Guéneau de Mussy became an interne to Paris hospitals, and in 1837 received his medical doctorate. In 1842 he became médecin des hôpitaux, and worked at the Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Hôpital de la Pitié and Hôtel-Dieu de Paris. Two of his better known assistants were ophthalmologist Henri Parinaud (1844-1905) and pediatric surgeon Edouard Francis Kirmisson (1848-1927).

Guéneau de Mussy made contributions in his research of pertussis, hemiglossitis, exophthalmic goitre and glandular angina. Among his written works was the four-volume Clinique médicale (1874-1885).

His name is lent to the eponymous "Guéneau de Mussy point", which is germane in cases of diaphragmatic pleurisy. This point is on the left border of the sternum at the end of the bony portion of the tenth rib. If diaphragmatic pleurisy is present, this point becomes exceedingly painful when pressure is applied to it.

References

• Mondofacto Dictionary (definition of eponym)
• PubMedCentral Studies on the Enlargement of the Bronchial Glands
• Encephale, journal des maladies mentales et nerveurses (biography in French)
• The Medical Times and Gazette: A Journal of Medical Science

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Name	Gueneau de Mussy, Noel
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Date of birth	November 6, 1813
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Date of death	June 1, 1885
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