title: Jean Joseph Emile Létiévant: a review of his contributions to surgery and rehabilitation.
abstract: The life, education, and contributions of E. Létiévant are reviewed. He first observed esthesiography, protopathic sensibility, and the "tingling sign" in peripheral-nerve lesions toward the end of the 19th century. His thoughts and language still remain familiar to us, and his work conveys a poignant freshness.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rheumatology, Physical Medicine, and Rehabilitation, H pital Cantonal, Fribourg, Switzerland.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Spicher
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kohut
mesh_terms: D005602:France; D013502:General Surgery / Q000266:history*; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D009462:Neurology / Q000266:history; D012046:Rehabilitation / Q000266:history