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Duchenne de Boulogne

1806 - 1875

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Guillaume-Benjamin-Amand Duchenne (de Boulogne) (September 17, 1806, in Boulogne-sur-Mer – September 15, 1875, in Paris) was a French neurologist who revived Luigi Galvani's research and greatly advanced the science of electrophysiology. The era of modern neurology developed from Duchenne's understanding of neural pathways and his diagnostic innovations including deep tissue biopsy, nerve conduction tests (NCS), and clinical photography. This extraordinary range of activities (mostly in the Salpêtrière) was achieved against the background of a troubled personal life and a generally indifferent medical and scientific establishment. Neurology did not exist in France before Duchenne and although many medical historians regard Jean-Martin Charcot as the father of the discipline, Charcot owed much to Duchenne, often acknowledging him as "mon maître en neurologie" (my master in neurology). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Duchenne de Boulogne is the 203rd most popular physician (up from 245th in 2019), the 1,492nd most popular biography from France (up from 1,918th in 2019) and the 18th most popular French Physician.

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Among PHYSICIANS

Among physicians, Duchenne de Boulogne ranks 203 out of 726. Before him are Hakaru Hashimoto, Torsten Wiesel, Hans Sloane, Franciscus Sylvius, Robert Lefkowitz, and Leander of Seville. After him are Leonid Rogozov, Georges Gilles de la Tourette, Marcel Petiot, Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi, Patch Adams, and Louis Ignarro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1806, Duchenne de Boulogne ranks 14. Before him are Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, Alexander Karađorđević, Prince of Serbia, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Charles Gleyre, Omar Pasha, and William Webb Ellis. After him are Pierre Guillaume Frédéric le Play, Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle, Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov, Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller, and Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse. Among people deceased in 1875, Duchenne de Boulogne ranks 22. Before him are Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy, Moses Hess, Heinrich Schwabe, Amalia of Oldenburg, Pierre Larousse, and Guillaume Henri Dufour. After him are Francis V, Duke of Modena, Jacques Paul Migne, Friedrich Albert Lange, Eduard Mörike, Henry Wilson, and Tristan Corbière.

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In France

Among people born in France, Duchenne de Boulogne ranks 1,492 out of 6,770. Before him are Charles François de Cisternay du Fay (1698), Georges Feydeau (1862), Michel Richard Delalande (1657), Austen Henry Layard (1817), John V, Duke of Brittany (1389), and Henry I, Count of Champagne (1127). After him are Jacqueline Boyer (1941), Victor Cousin (1792), Theobald V, Count of Blois (1130), Marie-Louise O'Murphy (1737), Patrick Dewaere (1947), and Chilperic of Aquitaine (600).

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Among PHYSICIANS In France

Among physicians born in France, Duchenne de Boulogne ranks 18. Before him are Ambroise Paré (1510), Karl Brandt (1904), Jean Nicot (1530), Louis Auguste Blanqui (1805), Marie François Xavier Bichat (1771), and Jean Marc Gaspard Itard (1774). After him are Georges Gilles de la Tourette (1857), Marcel Petiot (1897), Guy de Chauliac (1300), Maurice Bucaille (1920), Paul Gachet (1828), and Dominique Jean Larrey (1766).

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