Jules Falret

Biography

• Born April 17, 1824, à Vanves. Son of French psychiatrist Jean-Pierre Falret (1794 – 1870)
• 1852 – Docteur en médecine à la faculté de Paris
• 1867 – Psychiatrist  l’hôpital de Bicêtre.
• 1871 –  Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur
• 1874 – Ernest-Charles Lasègue (1816-1883) introduced him to Jules Cotard (1840-1889) who would become his deputy at the Maison de santé
• Died May 28, 1902

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Medical Eponyms

Lasègue-Falret syndrome (1877) [*aka Folie à deux]

Psychiatric syndrome in which symptoms of a delusional belief and hallucinations are transmitted from one individual to another.

Described by Ernest-Charles Lasègue (1816 – 1883) and most commonly (wrongly) associated with his father…Jean-Pierre Falret (1794 – 1870)

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Major Publications

• Falret J. De l’état mental des épileptiques. 1861
• Lasègue C, Falret J. La folie à deux. Annales médico-psychologiques. 1877; 18: 321–355. [Folie à deux]
• Falret J. Études cliniques sur les maladies mentales et nerveuses. 1890

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References

• Jules Falret (1824-1902) – Data BNF
• Necrologie de Jules Falret. Archives de Neurologie 1902; 14(II): 181-184
• Arnone D, Patel A, Tan GM. The nosological significance of Folie à Deux: a review of the literature. Ann Gen Psychiatry. 2006; 5: 11.
• Bibliography. Falret, Jules Ph. J. WorldCat Identities