TENON, Jacques René (1724 – 1816)
1724 – 1816
2 entries in the GMN corpus.
Image source incertain - signé Noël Hallé · Le progrès médical, 1933 · Public domain
1788 CE
#1600
Mémoires sur les hôpitaux de Paris.
Reforms quickly followed Tenon’s disclosures of the dreadful conditions prevailing in the hospitals of Paris in the 18th century. He was also instrumental in the foundation of a special hospital for children. En…
1806 CE
#1490
Observations anatomiques sur quelques parties de l’oeil et des paupières. IN: Mémoires et observations sur l’anatomie, la pathologie, et la chirurgerie, pp. 193-207.
Although Tenon did not discover the fibrous capsule and the interfascial space of the orbit, they are named after him.