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Armand Trousseau
Armand Trousseau.
Born(1801-10-14)14 October 1801
Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France
Died23 June 1867(1867-06-23) (aged 65)
Paris, France
Occupation(s)Physician, Internist
Known forTrousseau sign of malignancy, Trousseau sign of latent tetany, Trousseau-Lallemand bodies
ChildrenGeorges Phillipe Trousseau

Armand Trousseau (14 October 1801 – 23 June 1867) was a French internist. His contributions to medicine include Trousseau sign of malignancy, Trousseau sign of latent tetany, Trousseau–Lallemand bodies (an archaic synonym for Bence Jones proteins[1]). He is sometimes credited with the quip "use new drugs quickly, while they still work",[2] though Michel-Philippe Bouvart had said the same over 40 years earlier.[3][4]

  1. ^ "Lallemand bodies" at whonamedit.com
  2. ^ Arthur K. Shapiro, Elaine Shapiro, The Powerful Placebo: From Ancient Priest to Modern Physician, passim cites Trousseau, 1833
  3. ^ Gaston de Lévis, Souvenirs et portraits, 1780-1789, 1813, p. 240
  4. ^ See related quotations in WikiQuote

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