Georges Maurice Debove

Georges Maurice Debove (French pronunciation: [ʒɔʁʒ mɔʁis dəbɔv]; 11 March 1845, Clignancourt – 19 November 1920) was a French internist and pathologist.

In 1869 he received his internship in Paris, followed by agrégation in 1878. From 1890 to 1900, he served as a professor to the Faculté de Médecine in Paris (second chair of medical pathology). In 1901 he was appointed second chair of clinical medicine at the Hôpital de la Charité.^[1]

In 1893 he became a member of the Académie de Médecine, serving as its secrétaire perpétuel from 1913 to 1920.^[2] Following the death of Paul Brouardel in 1906, he became dean of the Faculté de Médecine.^[3]

Debove was the author of numerous articles on a wide array of subjects. He was an early advocate of social hygiene, and known for his work dealing with health issues that included alcoholism and tuberculosis.^[2] With internist Charles Achard, he published a nine volume medical manual, Manuel de médecine (1893-1897), and with Achard and Joseph Castaigne, he was co-author of works involving diseases of the internal organs:

• Manuel des maladies des reins et des capsules surrénale, 1906 - Manual on maladies of the kidneys and adrenal glands.
• Manuel des maladies du tube digestif, 1907/08 - Manual on maladies of the gastrointestinal tract.
• Manuel des maladies du foie et des voies biliaires, 1910 - Manual on maladies of the liver and bile duct.^[4]

With his friend Jean-Martin Charcot, the "Bibliotheque Charcot-Debove" was named, a literary collection in which dozens of authors participated — Jules Séglas (1859-1939), Ernest Mosny (1861-1918), Paul Sollier (1861-1933) and Victor Charles Hanot (1844-1896), to name a few.^[3]

• A Clinical Lesson at the Salpêtrière

• Baillement Biographies of neurologists