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Jean-Baptiste Bouillaud

1796–1881

French physician. MD, Paris, 1823. Professor of clinical medicine at the Charité hospital, Paris, 1831. His clinical work on brain diseases suggested the physical location in the brain of the speech centre. Elected to the French chamber of deputies, 1842. Member of the Académie des sciences, 1868.

Source

DBF.

Bibliography

DBF: Dictionnaire de biographie Française. Under the direction of J. Balteau et al. 21 vols. and 4 fascicules of vol. 22 (A–Leyris d’Esponchès) to date. Paris: Librairie Letouzey & Ané. 1933–.

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