Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 2083.5

LOUIS THéOPHILE JOSEPH LANDOUZY (1845-1917) De la myopathie atrophique progressive : myopathie héréditaire, sans neuropathie, débutant d’ordinaire dans l’enfance, par la face. F. Alcan 1885 151 p. : ill. 26 cm.

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A French neurologist from Reims, and whose father and grandfather were also physicians. He studied medicine in Reims and Paris, earning his doctorate in 1876. He spent much of his career at the University of Paris, becoming a professor of therapy in 1893 and a dean of medicine in 1901. His name is associated with the Landouzy-Dejerine syndrome, a type of muscular dystrophy with atrophic changes to the facial muscles and scapulo-humeral region. It is named along with neurologist Joseph Jules Dejerine, who was a colleague and close friend. Landouzy's primary area of interest dealt with tuberculosis, and was a major figure regarding education of the public for its eradication. He was also a member on several international committees concerning this disease. He is credited with coining the word "camptodactyly" to describe a flexion deformity of the finger(s) at the proximal interphalangeal joint (1906). With neurologist Joseph Grasset (1849-1918), his name is associated with the "Landouzy-Grasset Law". This law states that in lesions concerning one hemisphere of the brain, a patient will turn his head to the side of affected muscles if there is spasticity, and to the side of the cerebral lesion if there is paralysis.

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