Simon-Emmanuel Duplay (10 September 1836, in
Paris – 16 January 1924) was a French
surgeon who was a member of the
Académie de Médecine (1879).
He studied medicine in
Paris, obtaining his
agrégation for surgery in 1866 with a thesis on
umbilical hernias titled De la hernia ombilicale. In 1867 he was appointed surgeon to the "Bureau central", later working at the Hôpital de Lourcine (1871) and the
Hôpital Saint-Antoine (from 1872). In 1880 he became a professor of
surgical pathology, followed by a professorship in clinical surgery (1890).[1]
In the late 19th century he provided a comprehensive description of
periarthritis of the
shoulder, a condition known today as
frozen shoulder, and sometimes referred to as "Duplay's disease".[2][3] With German surgeon
Karl Thiersch (1822-1895), his name is associated with an operation for repair of distal
hypospadias (Thiersch-Duplay technique).[4][5] He is also credited with creation of a nasal
speculum.[6][7]
Selected writings
Des Collections séreuses et hydatiques de l'aine, 1865
De la hernie ombilicale, 1866
De 1'hypospadias perineo-scrotal et de son traitement chirurgical. Arch. Gen. Med., 1:613:657, 1874
Sur le traitement chirurgical de l’hypospadias et de l’epispadias. Arch. Gen. Med., 145: 257, 1880.
Traité de chirurgie (with
Paul Reclus, 8 tomes), 1890-92.