Jean Lhermitte
Jacques Jean Lhermitte (English: /lɛərˈmiːt/) (20 January 1877 – 24 January 1959) was a French neurologist and neuropsychiatrist.[1]
Early life and education
Lhermitte was born in
nervous diseases in 1908, Chef de laboratoire in 1910, and professeur agrégé for psychiatry
1922.
Career
Lhermitte became head of the Dejerine Foundation, sponsored by Joseph Jules Dejerine, and clinical director at the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital.
During
stigmatisation
.
Medical eponyms
Lhermitte was a clinical neurologist. A number of medica eponyms bear his name:[2]
- Lhermitte-Cornil-Quesnel syndrome: A slowly progressive pyramidopallidaldegeneration
- hypertrophy chiefly of the stratum granulosum of the cerebellum
- Lhermitte-Lévy syndrome: A syndrome of slowly progressing paralysis after a stroke
- Lhermitte-McAlpine syndrome: A combined pyramidal and extrapyramidal tract syndrome in middle-aged and elderly persons.
- Lhermitte peduncular hallucinosis: Purely visual hallucinations recognized as unreal, abnormal phenomena (preserved insight).
- Lhermitte sign: Flexion of the neck in patients with multiple sclerosis produces electric shock-like sensations that extend down the spineand may shoot into the limbs
- Lhermitte syndrome: A rare adductionduring attempted lateral deviation of the eyes
- Lhermitte-Trelles syndrome' A syndrome characterized by lymphoblastic infiltration of the peripheral nervous system, associated with paralysis and amyotrophy
Bibliography
- Techniques anatomo-pathologiques du système nerveux. Paris, 1914.
- Psycho-névroses de guerre. Paris, 1916.
- Les blessures de la moelle épinière. Paris, 1917.
- La section totale de la moelle épinière. Paris, 1918.
- — (4 March 1920). "Les Formes douloureuses de la Commotion de la Moelle épiniére" [Painful Forms of Spinal Cord Concussion]. Revue neurologique (in French). 36 (3). Société Française de Neurologie: 257–262 – via Internet Archive.
- Les fondements biologiques de la psychologie. Paris, 1925.
- Les hallucinations: clinique et physiopathologie. Paris, 1951.
- True and false possession. Translated by the Hon. Patrick John Hepburne-Scott. New York: Hawthorn Books, 1963; OCLC Number 331062. London: Burns & Oates, 1963. Original edition: Vrais et faux possédés. Paris: Fayard, 1956; OCLC Number 13449338.
References
- ^ Bibliothèque nationale de France (n.d.). "Jean Lhermitte (1877–1959)". Retrieved August 1, 2019. Also archived here.
- ^ Whonamedit? A Dictionary of Medical Eponyms (n.d.). "Jacques Jean Lhermitte". Retrieved August 1, 2019.
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