[The past and future of proctology].
Since antiquity, surgical treatments of anorectal lesions were performed by barbers and surgeons; proctology became with time a surgical speciality well defined and recognized todays. History of proctology is illustrated by some important figures and events: St. Fiacre, Felix the surgeon who operated on King Louis XIV's fistula and the acutely thrombosed hemorrhoidal prolapse of Napoleon.
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Passé et futur de la proctologie.