Léon Bouveret

Léon Bouveret (27 September 1850 – 1929) was a French internist born in Saint-Julien-sur-Reyssouze, a community in the department of Ain.

After receiving his doctorate in Paris in 1878, he became director of a clinic in Lyon that was run by professor Raphaël Lépine (1840–1919).

[2][3] The term "Bouveret's syndrome [es]" is also named after him, being defined as a gastric outlet obstruction caused by a large gallstone migrating into the duodenal bulb through a biliogastric or bilioduodenal fistula.

[4] He is remembered for his written efforts, in particular, "Traité des maladies de l'estomac" (Treatise on diseases of the stomach) and "La neurasthénie" (a publication on neurasthenia).

With Raymond Tripier (1838-1916), he was the co-author of "La fièvre typhoïde traité par les bains froids" (1886), a book that recommended cold baths for the treatment of typhoid fever.