André Hovelacque
André Hovelacque | |
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| Born | 29 March 1880 |
| Died | 19 July 1939 (aged 59) |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation | Anatomist |
| Known for | Studies of the peripheral nervous system |
| Spouse | Lévi Alvarès |
| Father | Abel Hovelacque |
André Édouard Émile Hovelacque (29 March 1880, 7th arrondissement of Paris[1] – 19 July 1939, Paris[2]) was a 20th-century French anatomist who particularly studied the anatomy of the peripheral nervous system.
The son of Abel Hovelacque, he married Madeleine Lévi Alvarès in 1911, herself a physician and great grand niece of David Lévi Alvarès.
Works
[edit]- Hovelacque, André (1912). Anatomie descriptive et topographique des racines rachidiennes postérieures;Les divers procédés de radicotomie postérieure (opérations de Foerster), Arthur Van Gehuchten, Guleke) (in French). Nancy: Berger-Levrault. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- Hovelacque, André (1923). Les nerfs crâniens;Anatomie macroscopique (in French). Presses Universitaires de France. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- Hovelacque, André (1927). Anatomie des nerfs crâniens et rachidiens et du système grand sympathique chez l'homme (in French).
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Article Hovelacque on Anatomicum.org, with black and white photographs.
