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THIS distinguished physiologist and physician was born on April 8, 1817, at Port Louis, Mauritius. His father, Edward Brown, of Philadelphia, was of Irish origin, and his mother was of a French family which had been settled for some time at the “Isle of France.” His early education was carried on in his native island, where at Port Louis there was and is a most excellent college for literature and science; but wishing to study for the medical profession, the young Charles Edward was sent, in about his twentieth year of age, to Paris, where he adopted a surname composed of his two patronymics.
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Charles Edward Brown-Sequard. Nature 49, 556–557 (1894). https://doi.org/10.1038/049556a0
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