Augustin Marie Morvan
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Augustin Marie Morvan was a French
physician
, politician
, and writer
. He is best-known for treating the first recorded case of the eponymous Morvan's syndrome
, a rare neurological disorder marked by acute insomnia
. Morvan served as a deputy to the French National Assembly that inaugurated the Third Republic
in 1871. In Brest, France
, where he began his medical studies, the Rue Augustin Morvan and the Hôpital Augustin Morvan are named after him.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
physician
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
, politician
Politician
A politician, political leader, or political figure is an individual who is involved in influencing public policy and decision making...
, and writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
. He is best-known for treating the first recorded case of the eponymous Morvan's syndrome
Morvan's syndrome
Morvan’s Syndrome, or Morvan’s fibrillary chorea , is a rare autoimmune disease named after nineteenth century French physician Augustin Marie Morvan...
, a rare neurological disorder marked by acute insomnia
Insomnia
Insomnia is most often defined by an individual's report of sleeping difficulties. While the term is sometimes used in sleep literature to describe a disorder demonstrated by polysomnographic evidence of disturbed sleep, insomnia is often defined as a positive response to either of two questions:...
. Morvan served as a deputy to the French National Assembly that inaugurated the Third Republic
French Third Republic
The French Third Republic was the republican government of France from 1870, when the Second French Empire collapsed due to the French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War, to 1940, when France was overrun by Nazi Germany during World War II, resulting in the German and Italian occupations of France...
in 1871. In Brest, France
Brest, France
Brest is a city in the Finistère department in Brittany in northwestern France. Located in a sheltered position not far from the western tip of the Breton peninsula, and the western extremity of metropolitan France, Brest is an important harbour and the second French military port after Toulon...
, where he began his medical studies, the Rue Augustin Morvan and the Hôpital Augustin Morvan are named after him.
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