- Antoine Louis
Antoine Louis (
February 13 ,1723 -May 20 ,1792 ) was a Frenchsurgeon andphysiologist who was born inMetz . He was associated with Parisian hospitals for much of his career, including theSalpêtrière andHôpital de la Charité .Originally trained as a military surgeon, Louis became a professor of physiology in 1750. In 1764 he was appointed secretary to the Académie Royale de Chirurgie. He published numerous articles on surgery, including several biographies of surgeons who died during his lifetime. Louis is credited with designing a prototype of the
guillotine . This device however, is named after French physicianJoseph Ignace Guillotin (1738-1814), who was an advocate of a more humane method ofcapital punishment . For a period of time after its invention, the guillotine was called a "louisette ".Another name for the
sternal angle is the "Angle of Louis", which is the point of junction between themanubrium and the body of thesternum .References
* [http://www.whonamedit.com/doctor.cfm/2276.html Who Named It?, Antoine Louis]
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