Dominique Anel, a French surgeon, born in Toulouse about 1679, died about 1730. He acquired great fame by his invention of the probe and syringe still known by his name, and is also celebrated for his successful treatment of aneurism and fistula lachrymalis, upon which he published treatises. At the beginning of the 18th century he served as surgeon in the Austrian army, and in 1710 established himself at Genoa.