Germain Celestin Edouard Fournie

Germain Célestin Édouard Fournié (4 March 1833 – 24 March 1886) was a French surgeon, physician, anatomist and physiologist, and a prominent specialist in the field of the voice and speech physiology, as well as fields of neuroanatomy and neurophysiology. He was born in Limoux (Aude, France) on 4 March 1833 in the house of his maternal grandfather, Louis Joly. His father, Jean François Fournié, who was a doctor of medicine, served at the time as an Inspector of the mineral waters of Alet-les-Bains. His mother, Marie Célestine Joly, was from a rich and notable family.

Biography Starting at 14 years old, Edouard was studying medicine under close supervision of his father. At the age of 20, on 23 January 1853, young Edouard joined the Imperial Navy as an auxiliary surgeon (surgeon helper). First he was appointed to the Marengo, but then, in 1854, he was sent to the Crimea. His responsibility was to perform medical care on French soldiers and sailors suffering from cholera. In the process of this care, he himself was severely affected by this terrible disease, and had almost died.

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