Charles Émile Troisier (6 April 1844 – 11 December 1919) was a French surgeon.
Life
Charles Émile Troisier was born on 6 April 1844 in
Sévigny-Waleppe, Ardennes.
His mother was Marie-Louise Adeline Marache and his father Antoine Édouard Troisier, a health officer at
Sévigny.
He became a doctor of medicine in Paris in 1874, then a professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the
University of Paris
The University of Paris (), known Metonymy, metonymically as the Sorbonne (), was the leading university in Paris, France, from 1150 to 1970, except for 1793–1806 during the French Revolution. Emerging around 1150 as a corporation associated wit ...
and a member of the ''
Académie Nationale de Médecine
Situated at 16 Rue Bonaparte in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, the Académie nationale de médecine (National Academy of Medicine) was created in 1820 by King Louis XVIII at the urging of baron Antoine Portal. At its inception, the institu ...
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He was made a knight of the
Legion of Honour
The National Order of the Legion of Honour ( ), formerly the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour (), is the highest and most prestigious French national order of merit, both military and Civil society, civil. Currently consisting of five cl ...
on 6 January 1890.
He had a close relationship with
Princess Marie Bonaparte
Princess Marie Bonaparte (2 July 1882 – 21 September 1962), known as Princess George of Greece and Denmark upon her marriage, was a French author and psychoanalyst, closely linked with Sigmund Freud. Her wealth contributed to the popularity ...
.
His son,
Jean Troisier (1881–1945), also became a doctor and biologist, and was head of the laboratory at the
Pasteur Institute
The Pasteur Institute (, ) is a French non-profit private foundation dedicated to the study of biology, micro-organisms, diseases, and vaccines. It is named after Louis Pasteur, who invented pasteurization and vaccines for anthrax and rabies. Th ...
.
His granddaughter,
Solange Troisier
Solange Troisier (19 July 1919 – 9 September 2008) was a French physician, Inspector General of Prisons, and deputy for the Val-d'Oise. She was a left-wing Gaullist, a feminist, and was active in many committees on social issues.
Early years
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(1919–2008) was a doctor and a leading feminist.
Works
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Legacy
The following are named for him:
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Troisier's sign, a hard, enlarged, left supraclavicular lymph node
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Troisier-Hanot-Chauffard syndrome, a form of diabetes mellitus
References
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1844 births
1919 deaths
French surgeons
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