Jacques Guillemeau

Jacques Guillemeau (1550 - 1613) was a French surgeon from Orleans. He is credited for making pioneer contributions in the fields of obstetrics and ophthalmology.

He was a surgeon at Hôtel-Dieu de Paris, and a favored student of Ambroise Paré (1510-1590), who was also his father-in-law. Guillemeau, like Paré, was a surgeon to French royalty.

In 1584 Guillemeau published "Traite des maladies de l'oeil" (Treatise of Eye Diseases), which is considered to be one of the best Renaissance-era works in ophthalmic medicine. He is also credited for providing the first description concerning repair of palpebral coloboma, an eyelid defect he referred to as "paupieres accurcies".

In 1609 he published a work on obstetrics titled "De l 'heureux accouchement des femmes", in which he first described a method of assisted breech delivery that was later popularized by other physicians, and sometimes goes by the name of "Mauriceau-Smellie-Veit maneuver". Guillemeau was a practitioner of the podalic version for use in cases of placenta praevia, a procedure that was earlier revived by Ambroise Paré.

Other noted publications by Guillemeau include "Tables Anatomiques" and "La Chirurgie Française".

References

* [http://www.ilab.org/db/detail.php?lang=ru&membernr=1133&ordernr=8BOHJBBEJ95A ILAB.org, Brief essay on "Traité des maladies de lóeil"]
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=5MXZeWalTCIC&pg=RA1-PA77&lpg=RA1-PA77&dq=Guillemeau+obstetrics&source=web&ots=StjemkX3CV&sig=YrBWHCWVQM27PEgDA7xP72XGfGA&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=3&ct=result Obstetrics and Gynecology: A History and Iconography]
* [http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/2023.html "Mauriceau-Levret manipulation"] @ Who Named It
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=73AEtDaG2RsC&pg=PA23&lpg=PA23&dq=Guillemeau+Mauriceau+breech&source=web&ots=h8X8DsYyqw&sig=mfmCfp_a3eMMolYvBqvrnUbJeZk&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=result Milestones in Midwifery]