Pierre Franco
Barber-surgeon at Berne and Lausanne
- Dates
- c. 1500 to c. 1578 (sources vary) (source: Embryo Project Encyclopedia: Pierre Franco (1505-1578) )
- Chapters
- VI. The Stone-Cutters
What the film says
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Cut into a two-year-old child's bladder from above the pubis after failing from below; the child lived, and he advised others not to try it.
On the timeline
- 1556 or 1561 (sources differ): Pierre Franco removes a large stone from a two-year-old child by cutting above the pubis, the first suprapubic lithotomy on record. disputed timeline
- 1556: Franco's Petit traité contenant une des parties principalles de chirurgie is published in Lyon. timeline
- 1561: Franco's Traité des hernies is published; it describes the high operation. timeline
Sources
Sources
- EAU History Office: Suprapubic lithotomy Museum or society
- BAUS Virtual Museum: High approach Museum or society
- Riches 1967, The history of lithotomy and lithotrity (Arnott Demonstration, RCS) Secondary
- Embryo Project Encyclopedia: Pierre Franco (1505-1578) Secondary