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Gustave Roussy (; 24 November 1874 – 30 September 1948) was a Swiss-French neuropathologist born in Vevey, Switzerland.
Roussy made several contributions in the field of neurology, in particular, his investigations on the role of the thalamus and the autonomic nervous system.
During World War I he was chief of neurology of the 7th Military Region Besançon, publishing extensively on his experiences with battle-related wounds. He was the author or co-author of a number of works on psychological and neuropsychological issues as a consequence of war.
In 1926, in collaboration with his colleague Gabrielle Charlotte Lévy, he published an article describing seven patients with hereditary areflexive dystasia, which then became known as Roussy-Lévy syndrome.Fanon, Frantz9781474250214 ISBN 9781474250214 It is a disease of the peripheral nervous system, caused by a mutation in one of two myelin genes. Roussy and Lévy published follow-up work on their first paper in 1934.
In 1946 he published a 1000-page monograph titled " Traité de Neuroendocronologie" in regards to his research in the field of neuroendocrinology. With Jean Camus (1872-1924) he performed important studies involving damage to the hypothalamus.
Roussy was interested in the study and treatment of cancer, becoming director of the Institut du Cancer in 1930. Today in the Parisian suburb of Villejuif is the Institute Gustave-Roussy, a private institution devoted to oncology.
In 1948, Roussy killed himself by cutting in his Paris home.
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