CRUVEILHIER, Jean (1791 – 1874)
1791 – 1874
2 entries in the GMN corpus.
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1829 –1842
#2286
Anatomie pathologique du corps humain. 2 vols.
The fine hand-colored lithographs of gross pathology make this one of the greatest works of its kind. Cruveilhier, first Professor of Pathological Anatomy in Paris, gave the first description of multiple sclerosis (in…
1852 –1853
#4734
Sur la paralysie musculaire, progressive, atrophique.
“Cruveilhier’s palsy”, the progressive muscular atrophy already described by Duchenne and Aran. The slimness of the anterior roots was first noticed by Cruveilhier and was thought to be the essential lesion until Luys…