Colot
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Colot (or Collot) was the name of a family of French surgeons in the 16th and 17th century, distinguished for their skill in operating on kidney stones.
[edit] Surgeons
- Laurent Colot, doctor to Henry II and Charles IX.
- François Colot (1630–1706), the last of a long line of distinguished lithotomists.
[edit] References
- The Archer of Meudon: A Curious Absence of Continuity in the History of Medicine, by Vivian Nutton and Christine Nutton.
- Bookseller with notes, selling "Traité de l'opération de la taille avec des observations sur la formation de la pierre & les suppressions d'urine" by François Colot, but includes information on his relatives as well.

