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Pecquet, Jean 1622-1674.French anatomist who first described (1647) the thoracic duct.

... by suturing together multiple limbs of ileum and connected to the anus by an ileal conduit; used with colectomy to maintain continence in the treatment of ulcerative colitis. Pecquet's reservoir cisterna chyli.

(Jean sans Peur). Born May 28, 1371, in Dijon; died Sept. 10, 1419, in Montereau. Duke of Burgundy...