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To the Editor: Armand Trousseau died in 1867. Therefore, he was incapable of making observations in 1868 or lecturing in 1872, as suggested by Prandoni et al.¹ and Silverstein and Nachman² (Oct. 15 issue). These investigators cited an English translation of Trousseau's work without realizing that it had been published posthumously.

Trousseau published his initial observations of cancer associated with venous thrombosis in 1865³. In 1866 he had the frightening experience of diagnosing his own syndrome in himself, when unilateral leg swelling developed⁴. He died the following year of gastric carcinoma⁵.

Evan S. Siegelman, M.D.
Laurence Needleman, . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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