Édouard Brissaud
French physician
Died when: 57 years 249 days (692 months)Star Sign: Aries
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.
He had interests in a number of medical disciplines including motion disturbances, anatomy, neurology and psychiatry.He died of a brain tumour, aged 57.
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. * Bourneville-Brissaud disease – tuberous sclerosis.
He studied one of the earliest diagnosed cases with Désiré-Magloire Bourneville in 1881. * Brissaud's scoliosis – a form of scoliosis giving "a list of the lumbar part of the spine away from the affected side in sciatica" (Dorland's Medical Dictionary).
Described in 1895. * Brissaud's disease – Tourette syndrome.He gave a detailed description in 1896. * Brissaud's infantilism – infantile myxedema (hypothyroidism).Described in 1907. * Brissaud's reflex – a contraction of the tensor fasciae latae (a thigh muscle) on tickling the sole of the foot. * Brissaud-Sicard syndrome – is "hemiparesis and contralateral hemifacial spasm resulting from a pontine lesion" (Stedman's Medical Dictionary).
Described in 1908.Named in conjunction with neurologist Jean-Athanase Sicard.
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