Édouard Brissaud (15 April 1852, Besançon – 20 December 1909) was a French physician and pathologist. He was taught by Jean Martin Charcot at Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital.[1][2] He had interests in a number of medical disciplines including motion disturbances, anatomy, neurology and psychiatry. He died of a brain tumour, aged 57.

Édouard Brissaud
Édouard Brissaud
Born15 April 1852
Died20 December 1909 (1909-12-21) (aged 57)
NationalityFrench
Occupation(s)physician
pathologist
EmployerPitié-Salpêtrière Hospital

He has been awarded a large number of eponyms many of which are now rarely used and some were not the dominant eponym in use.

Papers

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  • Bourneville D, Brissaud É (1881). "Encéphalite ou sclérose tubéreuse des circonvolutions cérébrales". Archives de neurologie. 1: 390–412.
  • Brissaud É (1895). Leçons sur les maladies nerveuses. Paris: Masson. pp. 469–501.
  • Brissaud É (1896). "La chorée variable des dégenerés". Revue neurologique, Paris. 4: 417–431.
  • Brissaud É (1907). "L'infantilisme vrai". Nouvelle iconographie de la Salpêtrière, Paris. 20: 1–17.
  • Brissaud É, Sicard JA (1908). "L'hémispasme facial altern". Presse Médicale. 16: 1234–236.

References

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  1. ^ Poirier, Jacques (January 2010). "Edouard Brissaud, a neglected neurologist and an artist at heart". Bull. Acad. Natl. Med. (in French). 194 (1). Netherlands: 163–75. doi:10.1016/S0001-4079(19)32349-0. ISSN 0001-4079. PMID 20669563.
  2. ^ Poirier, J (December 2009). "Edouard Brissaud (1852–1909]: an outstanding neurologist". Rev. Neurol. (Paris) (in French). 165 Spec No 4. France: F293–308. ISSN 0035-3787. PMID 20402000.

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