Georges Guillain

Georges Guillain

Georges Charles Guillain (March 3, 1876 - June 29, 1961) was a French neurologist.

He was born in Rouen. After customary schooling, Georges Guillain commenced the study of medicine in his native town, but after two years moved to Paris, where he received his clinical education at several hospitals. He soon became interested in neurology, and his first scientific work, of 1898, concerns lesions of the plexus brachialis. He received his medical doctorate at Paris in 1902.

He became "chef de clinique" for nervous disease and was "agrégé" in 1910. After the war he served at the Charité Hospital until his career was crowned with the professorship of neurology at the famous Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris in 1923. He held this position until his retirement in 1947.

Guillain was a busy writer. In 1920, with his friend Jean Barré, he published a large work on clinical experiences during the war.

Guillain received many honours. He was a member of French, American, and Japanese academies of science. In 1949 he was appointed commander of the "Légion d'honneur".

He died in Paris.

Associated eponyms

* "Guillain-Laroche-Léchelle reaction", Réaction au benjoin colloidal.
* "Guillain-Barré-Strohl syndrome", the commonest form of acquired inflammatory polyneuropathy.
* "Guillain-Thaon syndrome", syndrome rare due to syphilis of the central nervous system.


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