Édouard Kirmisson

Édouard Francis Kirmisson (July 18, 1848 – September 22, 1927) was a French surgeon who was a native of Nantes. He specialized in pediatric and orthopedic surgery.^[1]

Édouard Kirmisson

Kirmisson's sign.

Kirmisson studied medicine at the École de Médecine in Paris, and later worked as an externe under Noël Guéneau de Mussy (1813–1885) at the Hôtel-Dieu. In 1879 he earned his medical doctorate, obtaining his agrégation in 1883. He spent the following years as a surgeon of Parisian hospitals, becoming a professor of pediatric surgery and orthopedics at Hôpital des Enfants-Malades in 1901.

In 1890 Kirmisson founded the journal "Revue d’orthopédie". In 1903 he became a member of the Académie de Médecine.

Associated eponyms

• "Kirmisson's operation": A surgical process that involves transplantation of the Achilles tendon to the peroneus longus muscle.
• "Kirmisson's sign": Transverse striated ecchymoses at the elbow seen in fractures of the humerus with displacement of the higher fragment.

References

1. Alain-Charles Masquelet -Chirurgie orthopédique: Principes et généralités2004 - Page 8 "Une autre grande figure de l'orthopédie parisienne au tournant du siècle fut Édouard Kirmisson (1848-1927). Chef de service de chirurgie pédiatrique et orthopédique à l'hôpital des Enfants-Malades, Kirmisson était connu pour sa méthode ..."

• Edouard Francis Kirmisson @ Who Named It
• Sebastian, Anton (1999). A Dictionary of the History of Medicine. Parthenon Pub. Group. ISBN 1-85070-021-4.