Ludwig Georg Courvoisier | |
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Born | 8 April 1843 |
Died | 10 November 1918 | (aged 75)
Nationality | Swiss |
Known for | Courvoisier's law |
Scientific career | |
Fields | surgery |
Ludwig Georg Courvoisier (10 November 1843 – 8 April 1918) was a surgeon from Basel, Switzerland.[1] He was one of the first doctors to remove gallstones from the common bile duct.[2]
In 1890, Courvoisier published the book Casuistisch-statistische Beiträge zur Pathologie und Chirurgie der Gallenwege, a manual on biliary surgery in which he introduced the medical sign known as Courvoisier's law.[3]
Courvoisier was an entomologist most interested in the Lycaenidae. His entomological works include:
His butterfly collection and herbarium are held by the Natural History Museum of Basel.