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Philanthropy aimed at helping medical research has been around for a long time.
In the 19th century, cash awards were distributed by the French Academy of
Medicine according to criteria determined by each generous donor. It was thus
that Mrs. Bernard de Civrieux endowed the Academy each year with the task of
supporting one or more laureates whose work furthered understanding of "nervous
diseases". In 1903, Raymond Cestan (1872-1933) and Claudien Philippe (1866-1903)
were selected for their dissertation on "cerebral disturbances" during multiple
sclerosis with clinical as well as anatomical-pathological effects. Never
published, this innovative manuscript, taken from the library of Fulgence Raymond
(1844-1910), will be analysed here after a brief biography of each author.
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