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Guillaume Benjamin Amand Duchenne

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008

Guillaume Benjamin Amand Duchenne , 1806-75, French physician. He is noted for researches on diseases of the muscular and nervous systems and for his pioneer work on the use of electricity in the diagnosis and treatment of disease.

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