Jean-Baptiste Bouillaud (1796-1881), French physician. Bouillaud localised the speech centre in the left cerebral hemisphere of the brain. He also des

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Jean-Baptiste Bouillaud (1796-1881), French physician. Bouillaud localised the speech centre in the left cerebral hemisphere of the brain. He also described numerous other medical conditions, including a form of rheumatoid endocarditis, which is still occasionally called Bouillaud's disease. Bouillaud received heavy criticism for his use of blood-letting as therapy.

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