PEAN
Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.
Summary
Jules Pean (1830-98) was a French surgeon known for his expertise in abdominal and gynecological surgery. His major contribution was developing the technique of forcipressure to control bleeding during operations, and his eponymous hemostatic forceps remain widely used for their simplicity and effectiveness.
Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)
PEAN Jules (Jules Pean, 1830-98), French surgeon, one of the brilliant surgical technicians of his time. Pean particularly developed surgery of the abdominal cavity and female genital organs. The main merit of P. was the proposal to stop bleeding from severed blood vessels during operations by compressing their lumen (forcipressure) followed by ligation. For this purpose, P. proposed hemostatic forceps bearing his name (peans) and having worldwide distribution, which to this day remain unsurpassed in the simplicity of their design and convenience of use. The main works of Pean: "De la forcipressure ou de l'application des pinces a l'hematostasie chirurgicale" (Paris, 1875); "Du pincement des vaisseaux comme moyen d'he-mostase" (P., 1877).
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“PEAN.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/pean/