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French physician and the namesake of Tourette's syndrome

In this Romance language name, the surname is Gilles de la Tourette, not Tourette.

Georges Albert Édouard Brutus Gilles de la Tourette (French:[ʒɔʁʒalbɛʁedwaʁbʁytysʒildəlatuʁɛt]; 30 October 1857 – 22 May 1904) was a French neurologist and the namesake of Tourette syndrome, a neurodevelopmental disorder^[1][2] characterized by tics.^[3] His main contributions in medicine were in the fields of hypnotism and hysteria.^[3]

Early life

Gilles de la Tourette was born the oldest of four children on 30 October 1857^[3] in the small town of Saint-Gervais-les-Trois-Clochers in the district of Châtellerault, near the city of Loudun.^[4][5]

During 1873, Gilles de la Tourette began medical studies at Poitiers at the age of sixteen.^[3] In 1881, he relocated to Paris, where he continued his studies at the La