Charles Émile Troisier

Charles Émile Troisier (6 April 1844 – 11 December 1919) was a French surgeon.

Charles Émile Troisier
Born	(1844-04-06)6 April 1844 Sévigny-Waleppe, Ardennes, France
Died	11 December 1919(1919-12-11) (aged 75) Paris, France
Nationality	French
Occupation	Surgeon

Life

Charles Émile Troisier was born on 6 April 1844 in Sévigny-Waleppe, Ardennes. His mother was Marie-Louise Adeline Marache and his father Antoine Édouard Troisier, a health officer at Sévigny. He became a doctor of medicine in Paris in 1874, then a professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Paris and a member of the Académie Nationale de Médecine.

He was made a knight of the Legion of Honour on 6 January 1890.

He had a close relationship with Princess Marie Bonaparte. His son, Jean Troisier (1881–1945), also became a doctor and biologist, and was head of the laboratory at the Pasteur Institute. His granddaughter, Solange Troisier (1919–2008) was a doctor and a leading feminist.

Works

• Joseph Marie Jules Parrot (1886). Charles Emile Troisier (ed.). La Syphilis Hereditaire Et Le Rachitis (in French).

Legacy

The following are named for him:

• Troisier's sign, a hard, enlarged, left supraclavicular lymph node
• Troisier-Hanot-Chauffard syndrome, a form of diabetes mellitus

Sources

• "Anomalies du métabolisme du fer". Taurus. Université de Neuchâtel. Archived from the original on 2014-12-27. Retrieved 2015-04-05.
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• "Jean Troisier (1881-1945)". Institut Pasteur. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-04-05.
• "LH/2632/24 TROISIER Charles Emile". Leonore. Ministry of Culture. Retrieved 2015-04-05.
• Moreau-Ricaud, Michelle (2011). "Eugénie Sokolnicka et Marie Bonaparte". Topique. 115 (2). L'esprit du Temps: 83. doi:10.3917/top.115.0083. ISBN 9782847952056.
• "Solange Troissier (1919-2008)" (in French). AAIHP. Retrieved 2015-03-22.