Claudius Aymand 2679174 220105396 2008-06-18T08:52:45Z Waacstats 1951353 Stub-sorting. [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Stub sorting|You can help!]] '''Claudius Aymand''' (1660-1740) was a [[France|French]] surgeon who in 1736 performed the first recorded successful [[Appendicectomy|appendectomy]]. The patient was an 11-year boy who had an [[inguinal]] [[hernia]] combined with an acutely inflamed appendix. <ref>[http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/2689.html Amyand's hernia (www.whonamedit.com)<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> ==References== *''Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London'', 1736, 39: 329-336 <references/> {{France-med-bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Aymand, Claudius}} [[Category:1660 births]] [[Category:1740 deaths]] [[Category:History of medicine]] [[Category:French surgeons]] [[fr:Claudius Aymand]]