Definition von jean cruveilhier im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
born Feb. 9, 1791, Limoges, Fr. died March 10, 1874, Sussac French pathologist and anatomist. He published a series of multivolume works on the anatomy of disease. The greatest, the beautifully illustrated Pathological Anatomy of the Human Body (2 vol., 1829-42), contains the first description of multiple sclerosis, depictions of gastric ulcer, and an early account of progressive muscular atrophy