title: [Paul Girard and the left-handed].
abstract: Paul Girard's original theory of left handedness and of its relationship with stuttering, writer's cramp, and obsessive compulsive disorders is described and connected with its historical background.
authors.affiliation: Université Claude Bernard, Institut de Traitement des Troubles de l'Affectivité et de la Cognition, Villeurbanne.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hochmann
mesh_terms: D001519:Behavior; D005602:France; D049673:History, 20th Century; D009771:Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder / Q000266:history*; D013342:Stuttering / Q000266:history*
vernacular_title: Paul Girard et les gauchers.