Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 2187

GEORGES ALBERT ÉDOUARD BRUTUS GILLES DE LA TOURETTE (1857-1904) L'hypnotisme et les états analogues au point de vue médico-légal. E. Plon, Nourrit 1889 2nd ed. xv, 583 pp. 22.7 cm.

Gilles de la Tourette was a pupil of Charcot (see No. 1918) and later chief of neurology at the Salpêtrière. He is probably best known for his description of the saltatory spasm or "impulsive tic" and his treatise on hysteria. This work is on the medico-legal aspects of hypnotism, magnetism, and spiritualism which, at the time, were at the height of their popularity.

See Related Record(s): 1918

Cited references: Waller 3540

Gift of John Martin, M.D.