Joseph Gensoul

Joseph Gensoul (1 August 1797 – 11 May 1858) was a French surgeon.^[1] He was a pioneer of ophthalmological, otorhinolaryngological, oral and maxillofacial surgery.^[2]

He studied at Lyon and Paris, earning his doctorate in 1824. In 1826 he was appointed chief surgeon at the Hôtel-Dieu of Lyon.^[3]

He is remembered for introducing corneal cauterization, and is credited for making improvements in regards to techniques in rhinoplastic and cleft palate surgery. He also developed a cautery process for varices and a catheterization procedure for applying silver nitrate into the nasal canal.^[2]^[4]^[5]

Writings

Lettre chirurgicale sur quelques maladies graves du sinus maxillaire et de l'os maxillaire inférieur, 1823 - Surgical paper on some serious diseases of the maxillary sinus and inferior maxillary bone.
Essai sur la réunion immédiate des plaies après l'amputation des membres, 1824 - Essay on the immediate cauterization of wounds after amputation.
Sur le mécanisme de la vision, 1851 - On the mechanics of vision.^[6]

^ IDREF.fr (bibliography)
^ ^a ^b Tsoucalas, G; Gentimi, F; Kousoulis, AA; Karamanou, M; Androutsos, G (2013). "Joseph Gensoul and the earliest illustrated operations for maxillary sinus carcinoma". Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 270 (1): 359–62. doi:10.1007/s00405-012-2123-3. PMID 22843064. S2CID 24793526.
^ System of surgery, Volume 1 by Frederic Shepard Dennis, John Shaw Billings
^ The American Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Ophthalmology, Volume 7 edited by Casey Albert Wood
^ New Elements of Operative Surgery: with atlas Volume 444, Issue 1835 by Alfred Velpeau
^ WorldCat Search (publications)