Fulgence Raymond (29 September 1844 – 28 September 1910) was a French

neurologist Neurology (from , "string, nerve" and the suffix -logia, "study of") is the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of conditions and disease involving the nervous system, which comprises the brain, the ...

born in

Saint-Christophe-sur-le-Nais Saint-Christophe-sur-le-Nais () is a commune in the Indre-et-Loire department in central France. It is situated on the border of the department of Sarthe, northwest of Tours. Geography The railway linking Caen, Le Mans and Tours ensures a regu ...

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, he later studied human medicine under

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(1826–1887) in

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. In 1877 he was ''chef de clinique'' under

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(1818–1896), becoming ''médecin des hôpitaux'' during the following year, and receiving his habilitation in 1880. In 1894, he succeeded

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(1825–1893) as chair of neurology at the Faculty of Medicine; a position he held until his death in 1910. During his career he worked with several famous physicians, including

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(1857–1932), Georges Marinesco (1863–1938) and

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(1853–1940).

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Jean-Athanase Sicard Jean-Athanase Sicard (23 June 1872 – 28 January 1929) was a French neurologist and radiologist born in Marseille. He studied medicine in Marseille and Paris, where he studied with Charles Emile Troisier (1844-1919), Édouard Brissaud (1852-1909 ...

(1872–1929) was a prominent student of his. Raymond made contributions in research of

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and diseases of the

cauda equina The cauda equina () is a bundle of spinal nerves and spinal nerve rootlets, consisting of the second through fifth lumbar nerve pairs, the first through fifth sacral nerve pairs, and the coccygeal nerve, all of which arise from the lumbar enl ...

, to name a few. He also investigated hemianesthesia, a condition involving semihemispheric loss of sensitivity due to lesions of the

cerebral cortex The cerebral cortex, also known as the cerebral mantle, is the outer layer of neural tissue of the cerebrum of the brain in humans and other mammals. It is the largest site of Neuron, neural integration in the central nervous system, and plays ...

. With

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Pierre Janet Pierre Marie Félix Janet (; ; 30 May 1859 – 24 February 1947) was a pioneering French psychologist, physician, philosopher, and psychotherapist in the field of dissociation and traumatic memory. He is ranked alongside William James ...

(1859–1947) he performed studies on

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and

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. With Janet, he co-wrote ''"Névroses et idées fixes"'' and ''"Les obsessions et la psychasthénie"''.

Selected publications

* ''Étude anatomique sur l’hémianesthésie, l’hémichorée et les tremblements symptomatiques'', 1876 * ''Des dyspepsies'', 1878 * ''Anatomie pathologique du système nerveux'', 1886 * ''Étude des maladies du système nerveux en Russie'' (Report to the ministry), 1888 * ''Maladies du système nerveux: Atrophies musculaires etc.'', 1889–1894 * ''Leçons sur les maladies du système nerveux'' (six volumes), 1896–1903 * ''Névroses et idées fixes'' (with Pierre Janet), 1898 * ''Les obsessions et la psychasthénie'' (with Pierre Janet, two volumes), 1903

External links

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Heirs of Hippocrates No. 2066
(biography of Fulgence Raymond) {{DEFAULTSORT:Raymond, Fulgence French neurologists 1844 births 1910 deaths People from Indre-et-Loire Academic staff of the University of Paris