François Louis Isidore Valleix Explained
François Louis Isidore Valleix (14 January 1807 in Toulouse - 12 July 1855 in Paris) was a French pediatrician.
He studied medicine in Paris, where in 1831 he began work as a hospital intern. In 1835 he received his medical doctorate with a thesis on slow asphyxia of the newborn. In 1836 he became médecin du Bureau central, and from 1841 onward, served as médecin des hôpitaux in Paris.[1] He died in 1855 after contracting diphtheria from a sick child.[2]
In 1834, he became a member of the Société anatomique de Paris.[1] His name is associated with "Valleix's points", described as: various points in the course of a nerve, about which, applied pressure causes pain in cases of neuralgia.[3]
Principal works
- De l'asphyxie lente chez les enfans nouveau-nés, 1835 - Slow asphyxia of the newborn.
- Clinique des maladies des enfants nouveau-nés, 1838 - Clinical illnesses of the newborn.
- Traité des névralgies, ou, Affections douloureuses des nerfs, 1841 - Treatise on neuralgia; painful disorders of the nerves.
- Guide du medecin praticien : ou résumé general de pathologie interne et de therapeutique appliquées (10 volumes), 1842-1847 - Guide for the medical practitioner; general summary of internal pathology and applied therapeutics.[4]
Notes and References
- http://cths.fr/an/prosopo.php?id=106004 Valleix, François Louis Isidore
- https://archive.org/stream/39002010241074.med.yale.edu/39002010241074.med.yale.edu_djvu.txt Full text of "History of pediatrics"
- http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?Valleix's+points Valleix's points definition
- http://www.idref.fr/075884577 IDREF.fr
