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FOURNIER, Jean Alfred (1832 – 1915)

FOURNIER, Jean Alfred (1832 – 1915)

1832 – 1915

4 entries in the GMN corpus.

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1882 CE

#4782

De l’ataxie locomotrice d’origine syphilitique.

Fournier advanced the doctrine of the syphilitic origin of tabes, a hypothesis which was opposed for a time.

1886 CE

#2393

La syphilis héréditaire tardive.

Fournier, one of the greatest syphilologists, did more than any other person to develop the knowledge regarding congenital syphilis. Through his writings, the importance of syphilis as a cause of degenerative diseases…

1894 CE

#4800

Les affections parasyphilitiques.

Fournier, great French venereologist, introduced the concept of “parasyphilis”. He showed statistically the causal relationship of syphilis to paresis and tabes.

1897 CE

#2395

Les chancres extra-génitaux.