Jean-Alexandre Barré: Babinski's brilliant student

E Drouin; J Poupart; P Hautecoeur

doi:10.1016/j.neurol.2021.05.013

Jean-Alexandre Barré: Babinski's brilliant student

Rev Neurol (Paris). 2022 Mar;178(3):163-167. doi: 10.1016/j.neurol.2021.05.013. Epub 2021 Oct 25.

Authors

E Drouin¹, J Poupart², P Hautecoeur³

Affiliations

¹ Service de Neurologie, Groupe Hospitalier de l'Institut Catholique de Lille, GHICL, 115, rue du grand but, 59462 Lomme cedex, France. Electronic address: emmanuel.drouin2@wanadoo.fr.
² Service de Neurologie, Groupe Hospitalier de l'Institut Catholique de Lille, GHICL, 115, rue du grand but, 59462 Lomme cedex, France. Electronic address: julien.poupart@ghicl.net.
³ Service de Neurologie, Groupe Hospitalier de l'Institut Catholique de Lille, GHICL, 115, rue du grand but, 59462 Lomme cedex, France. Electronic address: hautecoeur.patrick@ghicl.net.

PMID: 34711423
DOI: 10.1016/j.neurol.2021.05.013

Abstract

Guillain-Barré Syndrome, (GBS), is a popular eponym that comes from a paper written in 1916 by Doctors. Guillain, Barré, and Strohl. Its spectrum has been enlarged considerably since the first description of it. Jean Alexandre Barré was a French neurologist, whose name is still widely associated with that of Georges Guillain, (1876-1961). He is also known for the leg manoeuvre. As Joseph Babinski's brilliant student, (1857-1932), we wanted to briefly retrace his biography in order to highlight some of the salient points within it and subjects that are topical for young neurologists today.

Keywords: Babinski; Bibliography; GBS; Georges Guillain; History of neurology; Jean-Alexandre Barré; War medicine.

Publication types

Biography
Historical Article
Review

MeSH terms

Eponyms
Guillain-Barre Syndrome*
History, 20th Century
Humans
Neurologists
Neurology*
Students

Personal name as subject

Jean-Alexandre Barré