Augusta Dejerine-Klumpke ( fr. Augusta Déjerine-Klumpke ; October 15, 1859 , San Francisco - November 5, 1927 , Paris ) - French neurologist of American descent, wife of Jules Dejerine , also a neurologist. The first of the women to receive the post of in Paris [1] [2] [3] [4] .
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| Date of Birth | October 15, 1859 | ||||
| Place of Birth | San Francisco | ||||
| Date of death | November 5, 1927 (68 years old) | ||||
| Place of death | Paris | ||||
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| Scientific field | Medicine , neurology | ||||
| Alma mater | University of Paris | ||||
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Biography
Augusta Klumpke studied at the medical faculty of the University of Paris , the only faculty in France at that time that admitted women, unlike London. In 1885, she applied for internships and received an excellent mark for her written work on the signs and causes of organic hemiplegia . But for the oral examination, the commission did not agree to give her an average rating. Not giving up, Augusta repeats an attempt to enter next year and succeeds with the support of Paul Bert, Minister of Education and ardent advocate of women's emancipation. In 1886, she became the first female intern in the hospital in Paris.
She attended lectures on histology of Professor Ranvier at the College de France , which later helped her in the study of neuropathology. On Sundays in the morning, she assisted at Charcot's lectures at Salpetriere Hospital . During an internship with Professor Ardi at the Charite Hospital in Paris, her supervisor was Jules Degerin, who became her husband in 1888.
To complete her education, Jules Degerin takes her to the laboratory of Professor Alfred Vulpian . In 1889, she defended a dissertation entitled " Polyneuritis in general, paralysis and atrophy caused by saturnism in particular."
Following her husband, becoming a professor of neurology, she leaves the Bicetre hospital and returns to Salpetriere in 1895. She made a significant contribution to the writing of works published jointly with her husband - "Anatomy of the nervous system " (1895) and " Semiotics of diseases of the nervous system" (1914). Being an elected member of the Society of Neurology in 1901, in 1914-1915 she was elected its chairman. At the same time, during World War I, she served 300 beds for the wounded in Salpetriere. Augusta worked on injuries and injuries of large nerve trunks (jointly with Mouzon) and spinal cord injuries (with Landau and Jumentier).
In 1906 she was awarded a medal for courage for saving a girl who rushed to the Seine, pulling her ashore. In 1913 he became a knight of the Legion of Honor , and in 1921 - an officer of this order.
Augusta Dejerine-Klumpke survived her husband, who died in 1917, for ten years. With the help of her daughter and son-in-law, she devoted these ten years to rebuilding her old laboratory and library to create a museum dedicated to the scientific activities of the Dejerine spouses.
Died November 5, 1927 in Paris. She was buried in the Pere Lachaise cemetery next to her husband (plot 28).
Family
Jules Degerin (1849 - 1917) - husband, French neurologist [5] and neuropathologist of Swiss origin, anatomist.
Daughter - Yvonne became a doctor, married Professor Etienne Sorrel and devoted herself to the treatment of bone tuberculosis in a hospital in the city of Burke .
He is the sister of the astronomer Dorothea Klumpke Roberts, the artist Anna Klumpke (girlfriend and biographer of the artist Rosa Boner ) and the violinist Julia Klumpke .
Memory
In honor of the researcher, paralysis of the lower parts of the brachial plexus due to the defeat of the nerve roots C8 and T1, known as Degerin-Klumpke syndrome, is named .
Works and publications
- Des polynévrites en général et des paralysies et atrophies saturnines en particulier , Thèse de médecine, Davy (Paris), 1889, Texte intégral
- Des Polynévrites en général et des paralysies et atrophies saturnines en particulier, étude clinique et anatomopathologique , F. Alcan (Paris), 1889. The works of this author can be found in the Gallica Internet library. You should search ( French Recherche ) by last name.
In co-authorship:
- Anatomie des centers nerveux [Tome 1: Méthodes générales d'étude-embryologie-histogénèse et histologie, anatomie du cerveau] par J. Dejerine avec la collaboration de [A.] Dejerine-Klumpke, Rueff (Paris), 1895-1901, Texte en ligne , The works of this author can be found in the Gallica Internet library. You should search ( French Recherche ) by last name.
- Anatomie des centers nerveux [Tome 2, Fascicule 1: Anatomie du cerveau (suite), anatomie du rhombencéphale] par J. Dejerine avec la collaboration de [A.] Dejerine-Klumpk, Rueff (Paris), 1895-1901, Texte en ligne
See also
- Paralysis Degerin-Klumpke
Notes
- ↑ Laura Lynn Windsor. Women in Medicine: An Encyclopedia . - ABC-CLIO, 2002 .-- 280 s. - ISBN 9781576073926 .
- ↑ Mary RS Creese, Thomas M. Creese. Ladies in the Laboratory II: West European Women in Science, 1800-1900: a Survey of Their Contributions to Research . - Scarecrow Press, 2004 .-- 318 p. - ISBN 9780810849792 .
- ↑ Stephen Ashwal. The Founders of Child Neurology . - Norman Publishing, 1990 .-- 958 p. - ISBN 9780930405267 .
- ↑ Catharine MC Haines, Helen M. Stevens. International Women in Science: A Biographical Dictionary to 1950 . - ABC-CLIO, 2001 .-- 405 p. - ISBN 9781576070901 .
- ↑ Willem Levelt. A History of Psycholinguistics: The Pre-Chomskyan Era . - OUP Oxford, October 25, 2012 .-- P. 364. - ISBN 978-0-19-162720-0 .
Links
- André-Thomas. Augusta Dejerine Klumpke, 1859-1927. L'Encéphale n ° 1 (1929)