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Auguste-Henri Forel

Swiss psychiatrist
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Auguste-Henri Forel (born Sept. 1, 1848, LaGracieuse, near Morges, Switz.—died July 27, 1931, Yvorne) was a Swiss neuroanatomist, psychiatrist, and entomologist known for his investigations of brain structure. Forel studied medicine at the University of Zürich from 1866 to 1871 and then did work in neuroanatomy at the University of Vienna, where he received his medical degree in 1872. In 1879 he was appointed director of the Burghölzli Asylum in Zürich and professor of psychiatry...

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