| Born in France, Brissaud was known as the neurologists’ neurologist although early on he excelled as a neuropathologist. He was of the school of Jean Martin Charcot (1825-1893) and Charles Lasègue (1816-1883). He wrote scholarly on contractures in hemiplegia, on the innervation of the face, on the dissociation between voluntary and mimetic expression, on the analogy between the faces of those with parkinsonism and others with pseudobulbar palsy. He wrote expertly on parkinsonism, tics, spasms and on torticollis- each writing a gem. He even ventured into the field of psychiatry, dwelt on folklore in medicine, and he advised on asthma. He even developed a reputation as a medicological expert on conversion hysteria and his expert testimony prompted changes in the compensation laws of France. |  |