Jules Tinel (1879–1952)

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Jules Tinel was born on 13 October 1879 in Rouen in France to a family with many generations of surgeons and doctors. He showed both scientific and sports talents from early childhood. He organised sports teams and showed an interest in painting and literature, and even contributed to local literary magazines. His other artistic attempts involved writing music. Tinel started his education in a catholic school, and then he started his studies for a degree in medicine at the University of Rouen. From 1900, he studied medicine in Paris, where he was awarded the degree of externe des hôpitaux, the first degree in medical education. He completed his studies in 1906. Influenced by one of his tutors, Joseph Jules Dejerine (1849–1917), he started to specialise in neurology. In 1910, he received a doctorate for his work on neurological consequences of syphilis [1]. In 1911, Tinel became head of the Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris and 2 years later also the head of the hospital laboratory. In 1914, Tinel was accepted as a member of the Société de Neurologie and in 1936 he became the president of the institution. …