Édouard Brissaud

Édouard Brissaud (15 April 1852, Besançon – 20 December 1909) was a French physician and pathologist. He was taught by Jean Martin Charcot at Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital.^[1][2] He had interests in a number of medical disciplines including motion disturbances, anatomy, neurology and psychiatry. He died of a brain tumour, aged 57.

Édouard Brissaud
Édouard Brissaud
Born	15 April 1852 Besançon
Died	20 December 1909 (1909-12-21) (aged 57)
Nationality	French
Occupation(s)	physician pathologist
Employer	Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital

He has been awarded a large number of eponyms many of which are now rarely used and some were not the dominant eponym in use.

• Bourneville-Brissaud disease – tuberous sclerosis. He studied one of the earliest diagnosed cases with Désiré-Magloire Bourneville in 1881.
• Brissaud's scoliosis – a form of scoliosis giving "a list of the lumbar part of the spine away from the affected side in sciatica" (Dorland's Medical Dictionary). Described in 1895.
• Brissaud's disease – Tourette syndrome. He gave a detailed description in 1896.
• Brissaud's infantilism – infantile myxedema (hypothyroidism). Described in 1907.
• Brissaud's reflex – a contraction of the tensor fasciae latae (a thigh muscle) on tickling the sole of the foot.
• Brissaud-Sicard syndrome – is "hemiparesis and contralateral hemifacial spasm resulting from a pontine lesion" (Stedman's Medical Dictionary). Described in 1908. Named in conjunction with neurologist Jean-Athanase Sicard.

Papers

• Bourneville D, Brissaud É (1881). "Encéphalite ou sclérose tubéreuse des circonvolutions cérébrales". Archives de neurologie. 1: 390–412.
• Brissaud É (1895). Leçons sur les maladies nerveuses. Paris: Masson. pp. 469–501.
• Brissaud É (1896). "La chorée variable des dégenerés". Revue neurologique, Paris. 4: 417–431.
• Brissaud É (1907). "L'infantilisme vrai". Nouvelle iconographie de la Salpêtrière, Paris. 20: 1–17.
• Brissaud É, Sicard JA (1908). "L'hémispasme facial altern". Presse Médicale. 16: 1234–236.