Charles Louis Stanislas Heurteloup

Charles Louis Stanislas Heurteloup (16 February 1793, in Paris – 1864) was a French physician.

He was the son of military physician Nicolas Heurteloup (1750–1812).

He studied medicine in Paris, where he obtained his degree in 1823.

[1] In Paris, he had as antagonists, fellow lithotritists Jean Civiale (1792–1867) and Jean-Jacques-Joseph Leroy d'Etiolles (1798–1860).

[3] Heurteloup also invented an "artificial leech", a device used to bleed sensitive regions around the eyes or the temples.