Augusta Déjerine-Klumpke

Augusta Déjerine-Klumpke(1859–1927) was an American and the first woman to be an intern in a Parisian hospital. She married Joseph Jules Dejerine and was known for a treatise about neuroanatomy

Klumpke paralysis is named for her.^[1]

References

1. ^ Ulgen BO, Brumblay H, Yang LJ, Doyle SM, Chung KC (August 2008). "Augusta Déjerine-Klumpke, M.D. (1859-1927): a historical perspective on Klumpke's palsy". Neurosurgery 63 (2): 359–66; discussion 366–7. doi:10.1227/01.+NEU.0000320420.25035.A7. PMID 18797367. http://meta.wkhealth.com/pt/pt-core/template-journal/lwwgateway/media/landingpage.htm?issn=0148-396X&volume=63&issue=2&spage=359. 

Further reading

• Yildirim, F B; Sarikcioglu L (Jan. 2008). "Augusta Dejerine-Klumpke (1859-1927) and her eponym". J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatr. 79 (1): 102. doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.123448. PMID 18079304. 
• Shoja, Mohammadali M; Tubbs R Shane (Aug. 2007). "Augusta Déjerine-Klumpke: the first female neuroanatomist". Clinical anatomy 20 (6): 585–7. doi:10.1002/ca.20474. PMID 17330887. 
• Bogousslavsky, Julien (2005). "The Klumpke family--memories by Doctor Déjerine, born Augusta Klumpke". Eur. Neurol. 53 (3): 113–20. doi:10.1159/000085554. PMID 15860915.