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Georges Gilles de la Tourette

Georges Gilles de la Tourette, French-Swiss physician and neurologist (died 1904)

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Born
October 30, 1857
Died
May 22, 1904
Zodiac sign
Scorpio
Birth year
1857

About Georges Gilles de la Tourette

Georges Albert Édouard Brutus Gilles de la Tourette was a French neurologist and the eponym of Tourette syndrome, a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by tics. His main contributions in medicine were in the fields of hypnotism and hysteria. Georges Albert Édouard Brutus Gilles de la Tourette (French:; 30 October 1857 – 22 May 1904) was a French neurologist and the eponym of Tourette syndrome, a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by tics. During 1873, Gilles de la Tourette began medical studies at Poitiers at the age of sixteen. Gilles de la Tourette began his internship in 1884, working "at a superhuman pace, publishing, teaching and practicing clinical medicine".

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  1. Georges Albert Édouard Brutus Gilles de la Tourette (French:; 30 October 1857 – 22 May 1904) was a French neurologist and the eponym of Tourette syndrome, a neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by tics.
  2. During 1873, Gilles de la Tourette began medical studies at Poitiers at the age of sixteen.
  3. Gilles de la Tourette began his internship in 1884, working "at a superhuman pace, publishing, teaching and practicing clinical medicine".

The world when Georges Gilles de la Tourette was born

Georges Gilles de la Tourette was born in 1857. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineDred Scott decision — Supreme Court denies Black citizenship
  • Technology milestoneFirst passenger elevator installed (NYC)
  • World population~1.37B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderJames Buchanan
  • U.S. population27.8M

1857 versus 2026

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Measure18572026
Population27.8M341 million

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