Octave Terrillon

Octave Roch Simon Terrillon

Octave Roch Simon Terrillon (17 May 1844, Oigny-sur-Seine 22 December 1895, Paris) was a French physician and surgeon, known as a pioneer of aseptic surgery.

From 1868 he worked as a hospital interne in Paris, where in 1873 he received his medical doctorate. In 1876 he qualified as a hospital surgeon, and eventually became associated with the Salpêtrière Hospital. In 1878 he became an associate professor at the faculty of medicine in Paris.[1][2]

On April 13, 1957, a French postage stamp featuring a portrait of Dr. Terrillon was issued. Included on the stamp were images of a microscope, an autoclave and some surgical instruments.[3]

Selected works

References

  1. Terrillon, Octave-Roche-Simon Pagel: Biographisches Lexikon hervorragender Ärzte des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts. Berlin, Wien 1901, Sp. 1699
  2. Nos grands médecins d'aujourd'hui by Maurice de Fleury
  3. Scientists - Stamp Community Forum - Page 6
  4. Most widely held works by Octave Roch Simon Terrillon WorldCat Identities
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