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Alix Joffroy

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French neurologist and psychiatrist (1844-1908)

FranceAcademicsLived 1844 to 1908 · aged 63
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Alix Joffroy 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.

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1891Knight of the Legion of Honour

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Alix Joffroy 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.

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France
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Academics
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Lived 1844 to 1908 · aged 63
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