Georges Henri Roger

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Georges Henri Roger (1860-1946) was a French physician who studied medicine at the University of Paris. He was a student, and later assistant to pathologist Charles-Joseph Bouchard (1837-1915).

In the 1920s, Roger along with Georges-Fernand Widal (1862-1929) and Pierre Teissier (1864-1932) published the 22-volume Nouveau traité de médecine (New Treatise of Medicine), which was a comprehensive French masterpiece of anatomy and pathology. His name is lent to the eponymous Roger's reflex; a term that is sometimes used to describe excessive salivation due to irritation of the lower part of the esophagus.

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• Article about the Nouveau traité de médecine*
• Dorlands Medical Dictionary, Roger's reflex