title: [The first names of Tissot (1728-1797)].
abstract: In different registers, dictionaries and publications the first names of the famous doctor Tissot are "David", "Auguste" or, absolutely wrong "Simon-André". After the baptismal Register of the village of Grancy, his birth place, his correct first names are Samuel, Auguste, André, David or--shortened--Samuel Auguste.
authors.affiliation: Clinique Neurologique, Hôpital Universitaire, Berne.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Karbowski
mesh_terms: D049671:History, 18th Century; D006801:Humans; D009275:Names; D013557:Switzerland