Jean Marc Gaspard Itard (April 24, 1774, Oraison, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence – July 5, 1838) was a French physician born in Provence.[1]
Itard was a student of René Laennec in Paris. Here he described pneumothorax in 1803; his teacher would provide a fuller description of the condition in 1819.[2]
In 1821, Itard published a major work on otology, describing the results of his medical research based on over 170 detailed cases. He is credited with the invention of the Eustachian catheter, which is sometimes known as "Itard's catheter". Numbness in the tympanic membrane during otosclerosis is referred to as the "Itard-Cholewa Symptom".[3]
In 1825, Itard was credited with describing the first case of Tourette syndrome in Marquise de Dampierre, a woman of nobility.[4]
He was also an educator of deaf children, and tried his educational theories in the celebrated case of Victor of Aveyron. However, his efforts with Victor ended up with disappointing results.[3]
Publications
- An Historical Account of the Discovery and Education of a Savage Man: Or, the First Developments, Physical and Moral, of the Young Savage Caught in the Woods Near Aveyron in the Year 1798 - free fulltext of the English-language translation of the book; published in 1802
Notes
- ^ Jean Itard, Mémoire et Rapport sur Victor de l'Aveyron (1801 et 1806) [1]
- ^ Henry M, Arnold T, Harvey J (May 2003). "BTS guidelines for the management of spontaneous pneumothorax". Thorax 58 Suppl 2: ii39–52. PMID 12728149. PMC 1766020. http://thorax.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/58/suppl_2/ii39.
- ^ a b Jean Marc Gaspard Itard. WhoNamedIt.com. Accessed 23 October 2006.
- ^ Tourette Syndrome Association. What is Tourette syndrome? Accessed 11 Feb 2005.
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