Jean Garel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jean Garel

French physician

Date of Birth: 28-Mar-1852

Place of Birth: Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001

Profession: physician

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Jean Garel (28 March 1852, Lyon – 1931) was a French physician who specialized in the field of laryngology. In 1879 he succeeded Léon Bouveret as chef de clinique médicale to the Faculté de médecine at Lyon.
In 1881 he became a titular member of the Société des sciences médicales in Lyon.
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.