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We present a short historical review of the major figures, their administrative
functions and their works that contributed to make Paris a renowned centre of
physiology and neurology during the xixth and the first half of the xxth century.
We purposely chose to focus on the period 1800-1950, as 1800 corresponds to the
actual beginning of neurosciences, and 1950 marks their exponential rise. Our
presentation is divided into four chapters, matching the main disciplines which
have progressed and contributed the most to the knowledge we have of the brain
sciences: anatomy, physiology, neurology, and psychiatry-psychology. The present
article is the third of four parts of this review, and deals with neurology. A
special credit should be given to Jean-Martin Charcot who founded the Salpetriere
School of neurology and became one of the world's most important neurologists of
the xixth century. We provide below the biographical sketches of Armand
Trousseau, Guillaume Benjamin Amand Duchenne, Jean-Martin Charcot, Alfred
Vulpian, Desire-Magloire Bourneville, Paul Richer, Henri Parinaud, Albert Pitres,
Jules Joseph Dejerine, Mrs. Augusta Dejerine-Klumpke, Edouard Brissaud, Pierre
Marie, Georges Edouard Brutus Gilles de la Tourette, Joseph Babinski, Andre
Thomas, Georges Marinesco, Achille Alexandre Souques, Georges Guillain and Charles Foix - Historique - Neurosciences
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