Pierre Marie

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birth_date = September 9, 1853
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field = neurologist endocrinology
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Pierre Marie (born September 9, 1853, died April 13. 1940) was a French neurologist who was a native of Paris.

After finishing medical school, he became an interne in 1878, where he was an assistant to the famous neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot (1825-1893) at the Salpêtrière and Bicêtre Hospitals. In 1883 he received his medical doctorate with a graduate thesis on Basedow’s disease, and in 1888 was promoted to "médecin des hôpitaux" in Paris. In 1907 he attained the chair of pathological anatomy at the Faculty of Medicine, and in 1917 was appointed to the chair of neurology, a position he held until 1925.In 1911 Marie became a member of the "Académie de Médecine".

One of Marie's earliest contributions was the description of a disorder of the pituitary gland known as acromegaly. His analysis of the disease was considered a pioneer contribution to a field of medicine later to be known as endocrinology. Marie is also credited as the first to describe pulmonary hypertrophic osteoarthropathy, and rhizomelic spondylosis. In his extensive research of aphasia, his views concerning language disorders sharply contrasted the generally accepted views of Paul Broca (1824-1880).

Marie was the first general secretary of the "Société Française de Neurologie", and with Edouard Brissaud (1852-1909), he was co-founder of the journal "Revue neurologique". His name is associated with the eponymous Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease; which is named along with Charcot and Howard Henry Tooth (1856-1925). This disease is characterized by gradual progressive loss of muscle tissue in the legs, arms and feet. Today, it is regarded as the most common hereditary neurological disease.

The following are a few of the numerous eponymous diseases named after Pierre Marie:
* Marie's ataxia: an hereditary disease of the nervous system, with cerebellar ataxia.
* Marie-Foix-Alajouanine syndrome: cerebellar ataxia of the cerebellum in the elderly; usually due to alcohol abuse. Named along with neurologists Théophile Alajouanine (1890-1980) and Charles Foix (1882-1927).
* Marie's anarthria: inability to articulate words due to cerebral lesions.
* Marie–Strümpel Disease: also known as Ankylosing spondylitis; a severe arthritic spinal deformity. Named along with German neurologist Adolph Strümpell (1853-1925). The disease is sometimes referred to as "Bekhterev Disease"; named after Russian neurophysiologist Vladimir Bekhterev (1857-1927).
* Marie-Léri syndrome: hand deformity caused by osteolysis of the articular surfaces of the fingers. Named with neurologist André Léri (1875-1930).

References

* [http://www.whonamedit.com/doctor.cfm/310.html "Pierre Marie"] @ Who Named It
* cite book
title=Neuropsychology
author=David G. Andrewes
year=2001
publisher=Psychology Press
isbn=1841691038
url=http://books.google.com/books?id=kiCtU8wBTfwC&pg=PA293&lpg=PA293&dq=%22Pierre+Marie%22+Broca+aphasia+Wernicke&source=web&ots=vBtjp_T5AM&sig=QXCiAmgW08IAhSwu45CpnUz-c0c&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=10&ct=result