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Article: Baron Guillaume Dupuytren.
- Article from:
- Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
- Article date:
- July 1, 2000
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Rising from grinding poverty and struggles in early life to become France's leading surgeon and millionaire, Baron Guillaume Dupuytren (1777-1835) remains one of the most enigmatic figures in surgical history. Although he was not liked by many of his contemporaries, even his bitter adversaries acknowledged that Dupuytren was the ablest surgeon of his time in France. His name remains eponymous with the Dupuytren contracture, yet the medical contributions of this great surgeon were indeed far-reaching. With a solid foundation in anatomy and pathology, Dupuytren was the outstanding surgical innovator of his day in Europe, the latter part of his working life becoming known as ...