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Georges Gilles de la Tourette, the Glossary

Georges Albert Édouard Brutus Gilles de la Tourette (30 October 1857 – 22 May 1904) was a French neurologist and the namesake of Tourette syndrome, a neurological condition characterized by tics.^[1]

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Animal magnetism

Animal magnetism, also known as mesmerism, is a theory invented by German doctor Franz Mesmer in the 18th century.

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Apoplexy

Apoplexy refers to the rupture of an internal organ and the associated symptoms.

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Châtellerault

Châtellerault (Poitevin-Saintongeais: Châteulrô/Chateleràud; Chastelairaud) is a commune in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in France.

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Chorea

Chorea (or choreia, occasionally) is an abnormal involuntary movement disorder, one of a group of neurological disorders called dyskinesias.

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Hypnosis is a human condition involving focused attention (the selective attention/selective inattention hypothesis, SASI), reduced peripheral awareness, and an enhanced capacity to respond to suggestion.

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Hysteria

Hysteria is a term used to mean ungovernable emotional excess and can refer to a temporary state of mind or emotion.

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Imperial German Army

The Imperial German Army (1871–1919), officially referred to as the German Army (Deutsches Heer), was the unified ground and air force of the German Empire.

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Jean-Martin Charcot

Jean-Martin Charcot (29 November 1825 – 16 August 1893) was a French neurologist and professor of anatomical pathology. Georges Gilles de la Tourette and Jean-Martin Charcot are 19th-century French physicians, French neurologists and Tourette syndrome.

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Jeanne des Anges

Jeanne des Anges, also known as Jeanne de Belcier (2 February 1602 – 29 January 1665), was a French Ursuline nun in Loudun, France.

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Jumping Frenchmen of Maine

The Jumping Frenchmen of Maine were a group of 19th-century lumberjacks who exhibited a rare disorder of unknown origin.

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Latah

Latah is a condition in which abnormal behaviors result from a person experiencing a sudden shock or other external stressor almost exclusively having been observed in persons from Southeast Asia.

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Lausanne

Lausanne (Losena) is the capital and largest city of the Swiss French-speaking canton of Vaud.

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Lausanne University Hospital

The Lausanne University Hospital (Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois, CHUV), in Lausanne, is one of the five university hospitals in Switzerland.

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Loudun

Loudun (Poitevin: Loudin) is a commune in the Vienne department and the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine, western France.

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Motor disorder

Motor disorders are disorders of the nervous system that cause abnormal and involuntary movements.

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Neurosyphilis

Neurosyphilis is the infection of the central nervous system in a patient with syphilis.

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Otto von Bismarck

Otto, Prince of Bismarck, Count of Bismarck-Schönhausen, Duke of Lauenburg (1 April 1815 – 30 July 1898; born Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck) was a Prussian statesman and diplomat who oversaw the unification of Germany.

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Paul Brouardel

Paul Camille Hippolyte Brouardel (13 February 1837, Saint-Quentin, Aisne – 23 July 1906) was a French pathologist, hygienist, and member of the Académie Nationale de Médecine.

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Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital

Pitié-Salpêtrière University Hospital (Hôpital universitaire de la Pitié-Salpêtrière) is a charitable hospital in the 13th arrondissement of Paris.

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Poitiers

Poitiers (Poitevin: Poetàe) is a city on the River Clain in west-central France.

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Pre-registration house officer

Pre-registration house officer (PRHO), commonly refrerred to as house officer and less commonly as houseman, is a former official term for a grade of junior doctor that was, until 2005, the only job open to medical graduates in the United Kingdom who had just passed their final examinations at medical school and had received their medical degrees.

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Psychotherapy

Psychotherapy (also psychological therapy, talk therapy, or talking therapy) is the use of psychological methods, particularly when based on regular personal interaction, to help a person change behavior, increase happiness, and overcome problems.

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River Thames

The River Thames, known alternatively in parts as the River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London.

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Saint-Gervais-les-Trois-Clochers

Saint-Gervais-les-Trois-Clochers is a commune in the Vienne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in western France.

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Secretary

A secretary, administrative assistant, executive assistant, personal secretary, or other similar titles is an individual whose work consists of supporting management, including executives, using a variety of project management, program evaluation, communication, and/or organizational skills within the area of administration.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_Gilles_de_la_Tourette

Also known as Georges Albert Édouard Brutus Gilles de la Tourette, Georges Edouard Albert Brutus Gilles de la Tourette, Gilles De La Tourette, Gilles Tourette, GillesTourette.