Jean Garel Explained

Jean Garel
Occupation:French physician
Birth Date:1852 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Lyon, France

Jean Garel (28 March 1852–1931) was a French physician who specialised in the field of laryngology.

In 1879 he succeeded Léon Bouveret as chef de clinique médicale to the Faculté de médecine at Lyon.[1] In 1881 he became a titular member of the Société des sciences médicales in Lyon.[2] His name is associated with "Garel's sign", a medical sign involving dysphagia located in the tonsils and posterior fauces, if persistent for more than three weeks, it is usually of syphilitic origin.[3]

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Notes and References

  1. https://books.google.com/books?id=eEagAAAAMAAJ&dq=%22Garel%2C+Jean%22+Bouveret+1852&pg=PA611 Google Books
  2. http://cths.fr/an/prosopo.php?id=111564 Prosopo
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=3RC6AAAAIAAJ&dq=%22Jean+Garel%22+1852&pg=PA395 A Practical Medical Dictionary ...
  4. http://www.idref.fr/097518603 IDREF.fr