Education
He studied one of the earliest diagnosed cases with Désiré-Magloire Bourneville in 1881.
physician university professor
He studied one of the earliest diagnosed cases with Désiré-Magloire Bourneville in 1881.
He was taught by Jean Martin Charcot at Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital. He had interests in a number of medical disciplines including motion disturbances, anatomy, neurology and psychiatry. He died of a brain tumour, aged 57.
He has been awarded a large number of eponyms many of which are now rarely used and some were not the dominant eponym in use.
Bourneville-Brissaud disease – tuberous sclerosis. Brissaud"s scoliosis – a form of scoliosis giving "a list of the lumbar part of the spine away from the affected side in sciatica" (Dorland"s Medical Dictionary).
Described in 1895. Brissaud"s disease – Tourette syndrome.
He gave a detailed description in 1896. Brissaud"s infantilism – infantile myxedema (hypothyroidism).
Described in 1907. Brissaud"s reflex – a contraction of the tensor fasciae latae (a thigh muscle) on tickling the sole of the foot.
Brissaud-Sicard syndrome – is "hemiparesis and contralateral hemifacial spasm resulting from a pontine lesion" (Stedman"s Medical Dictionary). Described in 1908. Named in conjunction with neurologist Jean-Athanase Sicard.
Bourneville Doctorate, Brissaud É (1881). "Encéphalite ou sclérose tubéreuse des circonvolutions cérébrales".
Archives de neurologie 1: 390–412.
Brissaud É (1895). Leçons sur les maladies nerveuses. Paris: Masson. pp. 469–501.
Brissaud É (1896).
"Louisiana chorée variable des dégenerés".
Revue neurologique, Paris 4: 417–431. Brissaud É (1907). "L"infantilisme vrai". Nouvelle iconographie de la Salpêtrière, Paris 20: 1–17.
Brissaud É, Sicard JA (1908).
"L’hémispasme facial altern". Presse médicale, Paris 16: 1234–236.