Klumpke, Augusta (1859–1927)
Klumpke, Augusta (1859–1927)
American doctor. Name variations: Augusta Dejerine or Déjerine. Born Augusta Klumpke in 1859; died 1927; dau. of John Gerard Klumpke and Dorothea Matilda (Tolle) Klumpke; sister of Anna Elizabeth Klumpke (1856–1942) and Dorothea Klumpke (1861–1942); m. Joseph Jules Dejerine.
Studied in Switzerland and Paris because, as a woman, could not gain admittance to medical school in America; granted a prize from Academy of Medicine for discovery of Klumpke palsy, a partial paralysis of the arm, caused by injury to the lower brachial plexus nerve.
See also Women in World History.
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