André Léri (1875 - 8 September 1930) was a French

neurologist Neurology (from , "string, nerve" and the suffix -logia, "study of") is the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of conditions and disease involving the nervous system, which comprises the brain, the ...

born in

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

. He studied medicine in

, where he was a student of

Joseph Babinski Joseph Jules François Félix Babinski (; 17 November 1857 – 29 October 1932) was a French-Polish professor of neurology. He is best known for his 1896 description of the Babinski sign, a pathological plantar reflex indicative of corticospinal ...

(1857–1932) and

Pierre Marie Pierre Marie (9 September 1853 – 13 April 1940) was a French neurologist and political journalist close to the SFIO. Medical career After finishing medical school, he served as an interne (1878), working as an assistant to neurologist Jean- ...

(1853–1940). In 1904 he obtained his doctorate with a dissertation on eye changes associated with

tabes dorsalis Tabes dorsalis is a late consequence of neurosyphilis, characterized by the slow degeneration (specifically, demyelination) of the neural tracts primarily in the Dorsal root ganglion, dorsal root ganglia of the spinal cord (nerve root). These pati ...

. During

World War I World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...

, Léri was in charge of diagnosing soldiers with battle-inflicted neuroses. He was the author of works in the fields of neurology,

ophthalmology Ophthalmology (, ) is the branch of medicine that deals with the diagnosis, treatment, and surgery of eye diseases and disorders. An ophthalmologist is a physician who undergoes subspecialty training in medical and surgical eye care. Following a ...

and

psychiatry Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of deleterious mental disorder, mental conditions. These include matters related to cognition, perceptions, Mood (psychology), mood, emotion, and behavior. ...

, but is largely remembered for contributions made in

osteology Osteology () is the scientific study of bones, practiced by osteologists . A subdiscipline of anatomy, anthropology, archaeology and paleontology, osteology is the detailed study of the structure of bones, skeletal elements, teeth, microbone mo ...

, particularly in his research of bone disorders. He described a type of mesomelic

dwarfism Dwarfism is a condition of people and animals marked by unusually small size or short stature. In humans, it is sometimes defined as an adult height of less than , regardless of sex; the average adult height among people with dwarfism is . '' ...

combined with deformed

forearm The forearm is the region of the upper limb between the elbow and the wrist. The term forearm is used in anatomy to distinguish it from the arm, a word which is used to describe the entire appendage of the upper limb, but which in anatomy, techn ...

s, which was to become known as Léri-Weill dyschondrosteosis. With Pierre Marie, the "Marie-Léri syndrome" is named, which is a hand disorder caused by

osteolysis Osteolysis is an active resorption of bone matrix by osteoclasts and can be interpreted as the reverse of ossification. Although osteoclasts are active during the natural formation of healthy bone the term "osteolysis" specifically refers to a pat ...

of the articular surfaces of the fingers.

Bibliography

* ''Spondylose rhizomélique'', Handbuch der Neurologie. Volume 2.

Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ...

, 1911. * ''Die Pagetsche Knochenkrankheit''. With Pierre Marie. Handbuch der Neurologie. Volume 4. Berlin, 1913. * ''Commotions et émotions de guerre''. Berlin, 1918. Translated into English. * ''Etudes sue les affections des os et des articulations''. Berlin, 1926. * ''Une varieté de rheumatisme chronique: la main en largnette (présentation de pièceses de coupes''). Bulletins et memoires de la Société medicale des hôpitaux de Paris, P. Marie, A.Léri: 1913, 36: 104–107.

References

''André Léri''
@

Who Named It ''Whonamedit?'' is an online English-language dictionary of medical eponyms and the people associated with their identification. Though it is a dictionary, many eponyms and persons are presented in extensive articles with comprehensive bibliograp ...

Physicians from Paris French neurologists 1875 births 1930 deaths {{France-med-bio-stub