Ludwig Georg Courvoisier

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Ludwig Georg Courvoisier
Born8 April 1843
Died10 November 1918(1918-11-10) (aged 75)
NationalitySwiss
Known forCourvoisier's law
Scientific career
Fieldssurgery

Ludwig Georg Courvoisier (10 November 1843 – 8 April 1918) was a surgeon from Basel, Switzerland.[1] He was one of the first doctors to remove gallstones from the common bile duct.[2]

In 1890, Courvoisier published the book Casuistisch-statistische Beiträge zur Pathologie und Chirurgie der Gallenwege, a manual on biliary surgery in which he introduced the medical sign known as Courvoisier's law.[3]

Entomology[edit]

Courvoisier was an entomologist most interested in the Lycaenidae. His entomological works include:

  • Courvoisier, L. G., 1910. Uebersicht über die um Basel gefundenen Lycaeniden. Verh. naturf. Ges. Basel 21: 153–164.
  • Courvoisier, L. G., 1910. Entdeckungsreisen und kritische Spaziergänge ins Gebiet der Lycaeniden. Entomologische Zeitschrift 23 (18): 92–94.
  • Courvoisier, L. G., 1912. Javanische Lycaeniden gesammelt von Edw. Jacobson. Tijdschr. Ent. 55: 15–19.
  • Courvoisier, L. G. 1912. Ueber Zeichnungs-Aberrationen bei Lycaeniden. Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 26, pp. [38-65, pls 4,5]
  • Courvoisier, L. G. 1916. Über Männchenschuppen bei Lycaeniden Verh. naturf. Ges. Basel 26, pp. [11-48, 2 pls]
  • Courvoisier, L. G., 1920. Zur Synonymie des Genus Lycaena. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift (Iris) [1914] 28: 143–176; [1920] 34: 230–262.

His butterfly collection and herbarium are held by the Natural History Museum of Basel.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Vilardell, Francisco. Digestive Endoscopy in the Second Millennium, Thieme, 2005, p. 239. ISBN 1-58890-420-2
  2. ^ Lee, H. S. J. Dates in Urology, Informa Health Care, 2000, p. 42. ISBN 1-85070-496-1
  3. ^ Fitzgerald, J Edward F; White Matthew J; Lobo Dileep N (April 2009). "Courvoisier's gallbladder: law or sign?". World Journal of Surgery. 33 (4). United States: 886–91. doi:10.1007/s00268-008-9908-y. ISSN 0364-2313. PMID 19190960. S2CID 21799234.

External links[edit]

  • Full text of Courvoisier's Casuistisch-statistische Beiträge zur Pathologie und Chirurgie der Gallenwege at Google Books.


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