Paul Reclus (surgeon)

Jean Jacques Paul Reclus (7 March 1847[1] – 29 July 1914) was a French physician specializing in surgery.

He was the son of pastor Jacques Reclus and brother of Élie, Élisée, Onésime and Armand Reclus.

He is known for his research of local anesthetics, particularly cocaine.

[2] "Reclus' disease" is an abscess on the neck that causes a woody hardening of subcutaneous connective tissue.

Reclus described the disease in an article titled: Phlégmon ligneux de cou.