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André Antoine Henri Thomas

Born  1867
Died  1963

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French physician, 1867-1963.

Biography of André Antoine Henri Thomas

André Thomas was a student under Joseph Jules Dejerine (1849-1917), and co-author with Dejerine on the book Traité des maladies de la moelle épinière (Paris, J. B. Baillière, 1902).

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