Armand Trousseau

French physician (1801-1867) · France · On the map · Doctors · Died at 65

Armand Trousseau was a French internist. His contributions to medicine include Trousseau sign of malignancy, Trousseau sign of latent tetany, Trousseau-Lallemand bodies.

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Busts at the Académie Nationale de Médecine, with Trousseau fifth from the left

Awards

Commander of the Legion of Honour

About this person

He is sometimes credited with the quip "use new drugs quickly, while they still work", though Michel-Philippe Bouvart had said the same over 40 years earlier.

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France