Guillaume Benjamin Amand Duchenne
1806–75
French physician. Studied medicine at Paris, then practised in his native town of Boulogne-sur-Mer. Returned to Paris in 1855 and carried out experiments on the therapeutic use of electricity. One of the founders of neurology.
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DBF.
Bibliography
DBF: Dictionnaire de biographie Française. Under the direction of J. Balteau et al. 21 vols. and 4 fascicules of vol. 22 (A–Leyris d’Esponchès) to date. Paris: Librairie Letouzey & Ané. 1933–.
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