[Guichard Joseph Duverney (1648-1730), first French otologist in the 17th century].
OBJECTIVE
Study and understand the role of Guichard Joseph Duverney in the history of French otology.


METHODS
Study of the different works and articles published about him, linked with reading his principal writings.


RESULTS
Duverney published one of the first complete works on otology titled Traité de l'organe de l'ouïe (Treatise of the organ of hearing) in 1683. Following a first part containing numerous new notions of anatomy, Duverney developed in the second part a theory of hearing very similar to that of von Helmholtz. In the third part, he finally cover several pathologies of the ear without great innovation. Translated into many languages, this book became the book of reference for all the otologists of the 17th and 18th centuries.


CONCLUSIONS
Duverney is rightly considered to be the first French otologist of the 17th century and also, as certainly one of the first European otologists.
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D004423:Ear / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D004427:Ear Diseases / Q000266:history; D005602:France; D049670:History, 17th Century; D006801:Humans; D010036:Otolaryngology / Q000266:history*