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Alexis Littré (July 17, 1654〔 – February 3, 1726) was a French physician and anatomist born in Cordes (currently Cordes-Tolosannes in the department of Tarn-et-Garonne). == Biography == Littré studied medicine in Montpellier and Paris, receiving his doctorate in 1691. In 1699 he became a member of the Académie des Sciences. In Paris, he taught anatomy and was the author of numerous medical publications. He was the first to give a description of a hernial protrusion of an intestinal diverticulum. This condition is now referred to as "Littré's hernia".〔(Littre's hernia ) @ Who Named It〕 He also described the mucous urethral glands of the male urethra. These structures were to become known as "Littré's glands",〔(Littre's glands ) @ Who Named It〕 and their inflammation is sometimes called "littréitis".〔(Littreitis ) @ Who Named It〕〔(Canadian Practitioner, Volume 31 )〕 In his 1710 treatise ''Diverses observations anatomiques'', Littré was the first to suggest the possibility of performing a lumbar colostomy for an obstruction of the colon.〔(Atlas of Intestinal Stomas ) edited by Victor W. Fazio, James M. Church, James S. Wu〕 Jean Louis Petit was one of his students.〔(Great Ideas in the History of Surgery ) by Leo M. Zimmerman, Ilza Veith〕 So was Jacques-Bénigne Winslow in 1707. He died in Paris. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alexis Littré」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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