Charles Foix (February 1, 1882 - March 22, 1927) was a French internist and neurologist. February 1 is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1882 (MDCCCLXXXII) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... March 22 is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (82nd in Leap years). ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Neurology is the branch of medicine that deals with the nervous system and disorders affecting it. ...

Charles Foix was born in Salies-de-Béarn. He studied medicine at the University of Paris and was a pupil of Pierre Marie at the Salpêtrière Hospital (Paris). He was an intern in 1906, Médecin des hôpitaux in 1919 and became agrégé in 1923. The Sorbonne, Paris, in a 17th century engraving The historic University of Paris (French: Université de Paris) first appeared in the second half of the 12th century, but was in 1970 reorganized as 13 autonomous universities (University of Paris I–XIII). ... The Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital is currently a hospital in Paris. ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world Paris is Frances capital and largest city, straddling the river Seine in the north central part of the country. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Foix taught at Georges Guillain's clinic at the Salpêtrière and at Emile Charles Achard's at the Hospital Beaujon, always distinguishing himself by his wide knowledge and rational approach. Georges Charles Guillain (March 3, 1876 - June 29, 1961) was a French neurologist. ...

Foix' main contributions to the neurology was to relate thrombosis of specific arteries at autopsies with smptoms and signs that he had established in his patients and he wrote a book on the blood supply and anatomy of the brain. With Ion Niculescu he published an imposing treatise on the anatomy and blood supply of the midbrain and interbrain. Neurology is a branch of medicine dealing with the nervous system and its disorders. ... Thrombosis is the formation of a clot or thrombus inside a blood vessel, obstructing the flow of blood through the circulatory system. ...

A most impressive teacher and clinician, Foix was almost as much at home with general medicine as he was with neurology. He was an accomplished poet, but even a better lyricist.

Associated eponyms

• Foix's syndrome I, Red nucleus (anterior portion) syndrome.
• Foix's syndrome II, Ophtalmoplegic disease secondary to intracranial aneurysmas or thrombosis of the cavernous sinus.
• Foix-Alajouanine disease, Softening of the grey matter of the spinal cord with obliterative sclerosis of the small vessels.
• Marie-Foix-Alajouanine syndrome, Ataxia of the cerebellum in advanced age, frequently due to abuse of alcohol.
• Schilder-Foix disease, Nonprogressive sclerotic lesions of the white matter of the cerebral hemisphere.