- Hippolyte Cloquet
Hippolyte Cloquet (
1787 -March 3 ,1840 ) was a French physician andanatomist who was a native ofParis . He was the brother ofsurgeon Jules Germain Cloquet (1790-1883), and father to Ernest Cloquet (1818-1856), who was a personal physician toMohammad Shah Qajar of Persia.He studied medicine in Paris, where he earned his doctorate in 1815. In 1823 he became a member of the "
Académie de Médecine ".Cloquet was a pioneer in the field of
rhinology , and in 1821 published " Osphrésiologie, ou traité des odeurs", which was a comprehensive treatise that discussedolfaction , diseases of the nose, deviations of the septum,rhinoplasty , et al. He was also author of "Traité d'anatomie descriptive", an influential French text of anatomy that ran through six editions. The fourth edition of this work was translated into English by anatomistRobert Knox (1791-1862).Cloquet also made contributions in the field of
zoology , his treatise "Poissons et Reptiles" was included in the "Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles".
* Associated eponyms:
* "Cloquet's ganglion": An enlargement of thenasopalatine nerve in the anterior palatine canal.
* "Cloquet's space": A space between theciliary zonule and thevitreous body .References
* "Parts of this article are based on a translation of an article from the French Wikipedia."
* [http://fm.iowa.uiowa.edu/fmi/xsl/hardin/heirs/record_detail.xsl?-db=heirs&-lay=WebLayout&-recid=1635&-find= Heirs of Hippocrates, Notes on "Traité d'anatomie descriptive"]
* [http://www.iranica.com/articles/v10f2/v10f216b.html Iranica.com, Relations with Persia 1789-1918]
* [http://www.medicineword.com/Cloquet%2C+Hippolyte.shtml Medicine Word, Definition of Eponym]
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