Alix Joffroy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Alix Joffroy

French neurologist and psychiatrist

Date of Birth: 16-Dec-1844

Place of Birth: Stainville, Grand Est, France

Date of Death: 24-Nov-1908

Profession: psychiatrist, neurologist, university teacher

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Alix Joffroy

  • Alix Joffroy (16 December 1844, in Stainville – 24 November 1908) was a French neurologist and psychiatrist remembered for describing Joffroy's sign.
  • He studied in Paris, earning his doctorate in 1873, becoming médecin des hôpitaux in 1879 and agrégé in 1880.
  • He worked at the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital from 1885 and succeeded Benjamin Ball as professor of clinical psychiatry in 1893. Jean-Martin Charcot encouraged him to study neurology, and together they demonstrated atrophy of anterior horn cells in the spinal cord in poliomyelitis in 1869.

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