Georges Gilles de la Tourette
French physician and the namesake of Tourette's syndrome / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Georges Albert Édouard Brutus Gilles de la Tourette (French: [ʒɔʁʒ albɛʁ edwaʁ bʁytys ʒil də la tuʁɛt]; 30 October 1857 – 22 May 1904) was a French neurologist and the namesake of Tourette syndrome, a neurological condition characterized by tics.[1] His main contributions in medicine were in the fields of hypnotism and hysteria.[1]
In this Romance language name, the surname is Gilles de la Tourette, not Tourette.
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Born | Georges Albert Édouard Brutus Gilles de la Tourette (1857-10-30)30 October 1857 Saint-Gervais-les-Trois-Clochers, Vienne, France |
Died | 22 May 1904(1904-05-22) (aged 46) |
Known for | Namesake of Tourette syndrome |
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