Édouard Brissaud

Édouard Brissaud (1852-04-15, Besançon – 1909-12-20) was a French physician and pathologist. He was taught by Jean Martin Charcot at Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital. He had interests in a number of medical disciplines including motion disturbances, anatomy, neurology and psychiatry. He died of a brain tumour, aged 57.

He has been awarded a large number of eponyms many of which are now rarely used and some were not the dominant eponym in use.

*Bourneville-Brissaud disease – tuberous sclerosis. He studied one of the earliest diagnosed cases with Désiré-Magloire Bourneville in 1881.
*Brissaud's scoliosis – a form of scoliosis giving "a list of the lumbar part of the spine away from the affected side in sciatica" (Dorland's Medical Dictionary). Described in 1895.
*Brissaud's disease – Tourette syndrome. He gave a detailed description in 1896.
*Brissaud's infantilism – infantile myxedema (hypothyroidism). Described in 1907.
*Brissaud's reflex – a contraction of the tensor fasciae latae (a thigh muscle) on tickling the sole of the foot.
*Brissaud-Sicard syndrome – is "hemiparesis and hemifacial spasm resulting from a pontine lesion" (Stedman's Medical Dictionary). Described in 1908.

Papers

*cite journal
author = Bourneville D, Brissaud É
year = 1881
title = "Encéphalite ou sclérose tubéreuse des circonvolutions cérébrales"
journal = Archives de neurologie, Paris
volume = 1
pages = 390–412
*cite book
author = Brissaud É
year = 1895
title = "Leçons sur les maladies nerveuses"
location = Paris
publisher = Masson
pages = 469-501
*cite journal
author = Brissaud É
year = 1896
title = "La chorée variable des dégenerés"
journal = Revue neurologique, Paris
volume = 4
pages = 417–431
url = http://www.bium.univ-paris5.fr/histmed/medica/cote?epo0084
*cite journal
author = Brissaud É
year = 1907
title = "L'infantilisme vrai"
journal = Nouvelle iconographie de la Salpêtrière, Paris
volume = 20
pages = 1–17
*cite journal
author = Brissaud É, Sicard JA
year = 1908
title = "L’hémispasme facial altern"
journal = Presse médicale, Paris
volume = 16
pages = 1234–236
url = http://www.bium.univ-paris5.fr/histmed/medica/cote?epo0085

ee also

*Timeline of tuberous sclerosis
*History of Tourette syndrome

References

*cite web
first = Ole Daniel
last = Enersen
url = http://www.whonamedit.com/doctor.cfm/1272.html
title = Édouard Brissaud
publisher = Who Named It?
accessdate = 2007-01-13
*cite web
first = Ole Daniel
last = Enersen
url = http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/1549.html
title = Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome
publisher = Who Named It?
accessdate = 2007-01-13
*cite web
first = Ole Daniel
last = Enersen
url = http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/1321.html
title = Brissaud's infantilism
publisher = Who Named It?
accessdate = 2007-01-13
*cite web
first = Ole Daniel
last = Enersen
url = http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/1322.html
title = Brissaud's reflex
publisher = Who Named It?
accessdate = 2007-01-13
*cite web
first = Ole Daniel
last = Enersen
url = http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/1323.html
title = Brissaud's scoliosis
publisher = Who Named It?
accessdate = 2007-01-13
*cite web
first = Ole Daniel
last = Enersen
url = http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/1324.html
title = Brissaud-Sicard syndrome
publisher = Who Named It?
accessdate = 2007-01-13