Maurice Villaret

Maurice Villaret (December 7, 1877 - 1946) was a French neurologist who was born in Paris.

In 1906 he received his medical doctorate from the University of Paris. In 1919 he became médecin des hôpitaux in Paris, and subsequently served as médecin chef at the Hôpital Necker. In 1927 he became a professor of hydrotherapy and climatology, and in 1939 was appointed clinical professor at the Hôpital Broussais.

He is remembered for his studies and experiments involving precision localization of vascular lesions of the brain. In 1917 he described what was to become known as "Villaret's syndrome". This syndrome is characterized by an ipsilateral paralysis of cranial nerves numbers IX ,X, XI, XII, and sometimes cranial nerve number VII, and it can also involve the cervical ganglia of the sympathetic trunk. Paralysis is caused by a lesion in the posterior retroparotid space.

With his mentor Augustin Nicolas Gilbert (1858-1927), Villaret performed extensive research involving the physiology of the portal venous system, and had particular interest in the causes of portal hypertension. He also undertook several pathological studies of cirrhosis.

Bibliography

• Le syndrome nerveux de l’espace rétro-parotidien postérieur. Revue neurologique, Paris, 1916, 23, part 1: 188-190.
• Contribution à l’étude du syndrome d’hypertension partiale. Paris, 1906.

References

• Maurice Villaret @ Who Named It

Persondata
Name	Villaret, Maurice
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	December 7, 1877
Place of birth
Date of death	1946
Place of death