Stanislas Laugier Explained

Stanislas Laugier (28 January 1799 – 15 February 1872) was a French surgeon and medical doctor. He was the brother of astronomer Paul Auguste Ernest Laugier (1812-1872).^[1]

He was associated with the Hôtel-Dieu in Paris, a member of the Institut and of the Académie des Sciences, president and professor of the Académie de Médecine de Paris. He was buried in the cimetière du Père-Lachaise (57ème division).^{[2] [3]}

Written works

With Gustave-Antoine Richelot, he published a translation of William Mackenzie's "A practical treatise on the diseases of the eye" as Traité pratique des maladies des yeux.^[4] Other noted works by Laugier include:

• Des cals difformes et des opérations qu'ils réclament, 1841 (two editions)
• Des varices, de leur traitement, 1842 - Of strictures and their treatment.
• Des lésions traumatiques de la moelle épinière, 1848 - Traumatic lesions of the spinal cord.^[5]

Medical terms

• Laugier hernia: A hernia passing through an opening in the lacunar ligament.
• Laugier sign - In fracture of the lower portion of the radius, the styloid processes of the radius and of the ulna are on the same level.^[6]
• Laugiers fracture: fracture of the trochlea of humerus

Notes and References

1. https://books.google.com/books?id=u0dMAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA207 The American cyclopaedia: a popular dictionary of general knowledge, Volume 10
2. Dictionnaire Historique du cimetière du Père-Lachaise XVIIIème et XIXème siècles - Domenico Gabrielli - Ed. de l'Amateur - 2002
3. Book: Académie nationale de médecine (France). Bulletin de l'Academie de médecine. 20 April 2012. 1872. G. Masson, Editeur, Libraire de l'Académie de médecine. 134–.
4. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/489664951 WorldCat Title
5. http://www.worldcat.org/identities/viaf-3252896 WorldCat Identities
6. http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Stanislas+Laugier Medical Dictionary