Jacques Mathieu Delpech

Jacques Mathieu Delpech
Jacques Mathieu Delpech
Born	1777 Toulouse
Died	October 28, 1832 Montpellier
Nationality	France
Fields	surgeon
Alma mater	University of Paris
Known for	orthopedics

Jacques Mathieu Delpech (1777 – October 28, 1832) was a French surgeon born in Toulouse.

He earned his doctorate from the University of Paris in 1801 and spent the next several years as a teacher of anatomy in Toulouse. In 1812 be became a surgeon at Hôtel-Dieu Saint-Eloi in Montpellier, where he remained until his death in 1832.

Delpech is best known for his work in orthopedics, and he established a clinic for orthopaedic diseases at Saint-Eloi. There he advocated a surgical process known as "tenotomy" to correct contracture abnormalities of the extremities. He was also a pioneer of skin grafting and rhinoplasty, and is credited for documenting the first rhinoplastic operation in France.

Delpech died when he was shot by a patient on October 28, 1832.