Guillaume Guelpa

The medical Rack was invented by William Guelpa during WW1

Born| 1850

Italy

Died| 1930

France

Other names| First name published as William or Guglielmo
Occupation| Physician

Guillaume Guelpa[A 1] (1850-1930) was a French medical doctor, born in Italy. He was an important diabetes medical researcher in the days before the invention of insulin in the early 1920s.[1] [2] During the First World War he invented the medical rack for treatment of all fractures complicated with gangrene.[3]

## Works

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* Guelpa, Guillaume. Hygiène alimentaire et travail cérébral (in French). \- Total pages: 824
* Guelpa, Guillaume (1899). Le Crachoir de poche (in French). Impr. Paul Dupont. \- Total pages: 4
* Guelpa, Guillaume (1910). La guérison du diabète (in French). impr. de Daix frères et Thiron. \- Total pages: 28
* Guelpa, Guillaume (1913). La Méthode Guelpa : désintoxication de l'organisme (in French). Doin. \- Total pages: 340
* Guelpa, Guillaume; Arnold, Francis Sorell (1914). Auto-intoxication and Disintoxication: An Account of a New Fasting Treatment in Diabetes and Other Chronic Diseases. Rebman. \- Total pages: 152
* Guelpa, Guillaume (1919). Digiuno e purga: loro applicazioni scientifiche : rinnovamento dei tessuti e ringiovanimento delle funzioni ; Canizie e calvizie ed igiene dei capelli Libri della salute / Quintieri (in French). Quintieri. \- Total pages: 129

## Journal articles

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* Guelpa, G; Marie, A (1911). "La lutte contre l'epilepsie par la desintoxication et par la reeducation alimentaire" [The fight against epilepsy by detoxification and by the reeducation about food]. Rev Ther Med-Chirurg. 78 (1): 8–13.

## Bibliography

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Notes

1. ^ First name published as William and Guglielmo as well

1. ^ Tattersall 2009, p. 22.
2. ^ Stefan & Theodore 2012, p. 783.
3. ^ Tulsa Daily World, April 20, 1915, p. 1.

References

* Stefan, Hermann; Theodore, William H. (2012). Epilepsy, Part II: Treatment. Newnes. ISBN 9780444535061. \- Total pages: 608
* Tattersall, Robert (2009). Diabetes: The Biography. OUP Oxford. ISBN 9780199541362. \- Total pages: 229
* "Aparatus [sic] for fractured limbs in Paris Hospital". Tulsa Daily World. Tulsa, Oklahoma: J.R. Brady. April 20, 1915. pp. 1–10\. ISSN 2330-7234. OCLC 4450824. Retrieved April 20, 2020.

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