AMUSSAT, Jean Zuléma. Mémoire sur la possibilité d'établir un anus artificiel dans la région lombaire sans pénétrer dans le péritoine. Deuxième mémoire sur la possibilité d'établir un anus artificiel dans la région lombaire sans pénétrer dans le péritoine. 1839-41.

First edition.
"Amussat was a prominent French general surgeon of the nineteenth century who taught and practiced in Paris. Although his surgical interests were varied, he concentrated on surgery of the bladder, prostate, and abdominal viscera. He won prizes for his contributions to lithotripsy, torsion of arteries, air embolus, and what was then called "artificial anus" (colostomy). Extraperitoneal colostomy in the lumbar region for imperforate anus had been suggested some years earlier, and in this work Amussat reports on his success in adapting the method to the treatment of malignancies of the lower bowel and rectum where obstruction existed. His method of lumbar colostomy was popular until later in the century when anterior transperitoneal colostomy became the preferred method. Amussat devotes a considerable portion of the book to excerpts from earlier writers on the subject and includes his reflections on their writings". (Heirs)
"In 1839 Amussat performed the first lumbar colostomy for obstruction of the colon ("Amussat's operation"). His work established lumbar colostomy as the method of choice" (Garrison).