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`Acute Pseudotumor of the Orbit
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`Simultaneous Bilateral Quadriceps Tendon
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`Erythema Nodosum Following a Jellyfish Sting
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`Eric M. Koscove
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`Cost Ignorance: Not Cost Containment
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`Administralion of Emergency Medicine
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`Handbook of Common Poisoning: in Children,
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`J.- F.- B. CHARRIERE: THE MAN BEHIND THE “FRENCH” GAUGE
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`Kenneth V. lserson, MD, FACEP
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`Section of Emergency Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ 85724
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` Abstract—Joseph-Frédéric-Benoit Char-
`riére, a 19th century Parisian maker of surgical
`instruments, has by virtue of his ingenuity and
`advanced thinking, continued to have his pres-
`ence felt in medicine throughout the 20th cen-
`tury. His most significant accomplishment was
`the development of a uniform, standard gauge
`specifically designed for use in medical equip-
`ment such as catheters and probes. Unlike the
`gauge system adopted by the British for mea-
`surement of needles and intravenous catheters,
`Charriére’s system has uniform increments be-
`tween gauge sizes (1/3 of a millimeter), is easily
`calculated in terms of its metric equivalent,
`and has no arbitrary upper end point. Today,
`in the United States, this system is commonly
`referred to as French (Fr) sizing. In addition to
`the development of the French gauge, Char-
`riere made significant advances in ether admin-
`istration, urologic, and other surgical instru-
`ments, and the development of the modern
`syringe.
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`III Keywords—Charriere; French gauge;
`medical equipment; surgical equipment; ether
`anesthesia; urology
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`In the first half of the 19th century, the
`British, in the throes of the industrial rev-
`olution, were still trying to adapt an arbi-
`trary sizing system (the Stub’s Gauge
`which was adapted to the manufacture of
`needles and catheters only in the 20th cen—
`tury) in order to standardize their manu-
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`the
`facture of metal wires.1 Meanwhile,
`French had developed a uniform,
`stan—
`dard gauge based on the metric system.
`This gauge was specifically designed for
`use in medical equipment, such as cathe—
`ters and probes. The famous Parisian
`maker of surgical
`instruments, Joseph-
`Frédéric—Benoit Charriere (Figure 1), de—
`veloped this measurement system. Today,
`in the United States, this system is com-
`monly referred to as French (Fr) sizing.
`Charricrc was born in 1803 in Cerniat
`in Gruyere, Fribourg Canton, Switzer-
`land. At the age of 13, he was sent to Paris
`and apprenticed as a cutler (a maker of
`cutting instruments, such as knives). Four
`years later he became both a master cutler
`and the owner of his own business after
`the untimely and mysterious drowning of
`his former teacher, whose business he ac—
`quired. Charriere quickly developed a rep-
`utation among Paris surgeons as a skilled
`and innovative maker of surgical instru-
`ments. Part of this reputation stemmed
`from an incident that occurred shortly af-
`ter he opened his business.
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`Charriere was hammering the metal and sharp
`ening the lancets and knives, when into his
`boutique flew a young man. By his white
`apron, his fine featured and intelligent face,
`and by his distinguished build he could recog-
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`Figure 1. Joseph-Frédéric-Benoit Charriére
`(1803—1876). (Print courtesy of The New York
`Academy of Medicine Library.)
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`nize this man as an intern at the Parisian hospi»
`tals who was urgently sent by the departmental
`head to ask advice of the humble eutler. it was
`an urgent case, a poor soul who was brought to
`the Hotel-Dion, choking and groaning due to a
`coin that he had swallowed. It was lodged in
`the esophagus and was compressing the larynx.
`Charriere, without even removing his apron,
`hastened to follow the young man, taking with
`him a Graefe’s hook. The ingenious instru-
`ment, under his timid direction, was used with
`great success;
`the patient was saved. Dupuy-
`tren was the departmental head}
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`Charriere thereafter became Dupuy-
`tren’s private supplier of surgical instrur
`merits. They worked together developing,
`testing, and utilizing new designs for older
`surgical instruments as well as for innova-
`tions. Charrierc was described as being af—
`fable, hard—working, and very much a per—
`fectionist. He not only developed the
`instruments, but observed their use both
`in cadaver experiments and during sur-
`
`business, Charriere was_supplying the in-
`struments for twenty famous Parisian sur-
`geons, and his reputation continued to
`grow. However, no matter the quality of
`his wares, the surgical community, in gen—
`eral,
`felt
`that Parisian—manufactured
`goods should be used only if British
`equipment, especially knives from Lon-
`don or Sheffield, could not be obtained.
`In 1837, Charriere visited England to
`see the English manufacturing methods
`first hand. “Upon his return to Paris, he
`visited several of our famous surgeons and
`told them:
`
`‘Here, as you requested, I have purchased for
`you the scalpcls made in London.’ The profes»
`sional man examines them, raptures over their
`beauty, their grace, their excellent cutting edge,
`and proclaims: “Finally! This is what we need.
`You, the French workers, you are incapable of
`making us these little gems.’ Without saying
`a word, Charriere opent the instrument case;
`one reads Charriére. The scalpels had been
`forged, tempered, and sharpened in Paris, by
`his workers.2
`
`This was the beginning of the world-
`wide Charriére reputation for excellence in
`the manufacture of surgical instruments,
`which would last into the 20th century.“
`Charriere produced a wide variety of
`innovations in surgical
`instruments. He
`developed fine surgical scissors that op—
`erated without a screw to fasten the
`blades. This allowed the scissors to be dis-
`assembled for cleaning and reassembled in
`only a few seconds. He developed the
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`Table 1. Charriere’s Guiding Principles
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`1. Simplification of the surgical instrument.
`2. To unite in the same object—compactness, elegance, and solidness.
`3. Reduce prices as much as possible to make instruments available, as much as possible,
`practitioners.
`4. Never to back away from any experiment or expense that would make him the interpreter of the
`surgeon‘s imaginative innovation.
`Diminish size of instrument while rendering it more suited to all uses.
`\10391
`. Closely observe actual use of these instruments—on cadaver experiments or at surgery.
`. Given an unusual, extraordinary. or unexpected case, immediately create an instrument capable of
`sewing the situation.
`. Investigate foreign manufacture; borrow that which is of use and succeed at doing it better.
`_ Furnish an arsenal of surgical supplies that could fill all of the needs, without being cumbersome, to all
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`large users.2
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`to all
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`LOCO
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`forerunner of the modern hemostat that
`“were made capable of exerting a continu-
`ous pressure without the surgeon’s con—
`stant application (of force) by the addi-
`tion of a small system of notches.”2 In
`addition, he developed a nonrebreathing
`system for giving ether anesthesia at a
`time French surgeons were highly skepti-
`cal of “the new American invention.”3 His
`administration device allowed administra-
`tion of ether in a controlled, and much
`more effective manner than had previous-
`ly been available. The result was that ether
`anesthesia became an accepted modality,
`even by previous skeptics.
`Charriere also developed the use of sev-
`eral new materials with which to manufac—
`ture surgical instruments. These included
`flexible ivory, in which the inorganic ma-
`terials had been removed to make the ivo-
`ry lcss rigid. He also began using nickel
`silver, originally developed by the English,
`to replace the more rigid nickel, and used
`tempered steel to replace iron.
`im-
`Charriere also made significant
`provements in the medical syringe Al—
`though not in as common use as in current
`medical practice, the syringe was used to
`aspirate,
`inject a liquid, or to irrigate.
`However, using the syringes commonly
`available required a great amount of
`strength to move the plungers that were
`made of stiff leather. Charriere’s improve-
`ment was to develop a “double—parachuted
`piston,” otherwise known as a “double
`diaphragm, double valve” that allowed an
`
`efficient and less rigid movement of the
`syringe plunger.
`innovative areas in
`One of the most
`which Charriere was involved was that of
`the design and manufacture of urologic
`equipment. He developed the lithometer,
`used for measuring the size of bladder
`calculi and several types of lithotripsy for-
`ceps used to crush urethral and bladder
`stones. These instruments were in wide de-
`
`mand not only in France, but all of Eu-
`rope. However,
`the surgeons purchasing
`the tools needed to know exactly what
`sizes they were ordering.
`In 1842, Charri‘ere invented the system
`recognized today in the United States as
`French sizes, which was based on 1/3 of a
`millimeter (Table 2). Unlike the gauge sys-
`tem adopted by the British for measure-
`ment of needles and intravenous cathe—
`
`ters, Charriere’s system has uniform
`increments between gauge sizes,
`is easily
`calculated in terms of its metric equiva—
`lent, and has no arbitrary upper end
`point. The system is used today both for
`urologic equipment,
`including urethral
`catheters, and for large intravenous lines.
`During his lifetime, Charriere’s system
`of measurement allowed him to refine his
`
`quality control on equipment manufac-
`ture and to develop a brisk trade and
`thriving business throughout Europe. For
`his achievements, Charri‘ere, who had on-
`ly become a French citizen in 1841, was
`named to the Legion of Honor in 1843. In
`addition, numerous national and interna-
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`'Ailhough the French gauge system is based
`on three limes the measurement in millimeters.
`some of the numbers appear to be other than
`exactly three times the millimeter equivalent
`due to rounding (adapted from Reference 1),
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`REFERENCES
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`1. 15erson KV: The origin of the gauge system for
`medical equipment. JEmerg Med 1987; 5:45748.
`2. Cltereau A: Charri'ere. Bibliullieque Universe/[c e!
`Revue Suissc. Lausanne, Bureau dc la Bibliothe-
`que Universelle, 1876, vol 57, pp 34—47.
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`3. Des Inspirations de Vapeur Etheree. Gazette Med
`Paris 1847; 5 (January):81—82.
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`(1803—1876). Schweiz Rzmd Med Prax 1985; 74:
`181—184.
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