Jules Tinel and Tinel's sign.
This important tingling sign of nerve healing was described by Jules Tinel, a distinguished French neurologist, in 1915. A description of a contemporaneous report of this sign by Paul Hoffman and a short biography of Tinel are presented.
D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009462:Neurology / Q000266:history; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology