Augustin Marie Morvan
Physician
1819 – 1897
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Who was Augustin Marie Morvan?
Augustin Marie Morvan was a French physician, politician, and writer. He is best known for treating the first recorded case of the eponymous Morvan's syndrome, a rare neurological disorder marked by acute insomnia. Morvan served as a deputy to the French National Assembly that inaugurated the Third Republic in 1871. In Brest, France, where he began his medical studies, the Rue Augustin Morvan and the Hôpital Augustin Morvan are named after him.
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- Born
- 1819
- Also known as
- Dr. Augustin Marie Morvan
- Nationality
- France
- Profession
- Died
- 1897
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on July 23, 2013
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