Jean Marc Gaspard Itard (April 24, 1774 Р1838) was a French physician born in Provence.^[1] April 24 is the 114th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (115th in leap years). ... Chesma Column in Tsarskoe Selo, commemorating the end of the Russo-Turkish War. ... The Doctor by Samuel Luke Fildes This article is about the term physician, one type of doctor; for other uses of the word doctor see Doctor. ... Coat of arms of Provence Provence (Proven̤al Occitan: Proven̤a in classical norm or Prouv̬n̤o in Mistralian norm) is a former Roman province and is now a region of southeastern France, located on the Mediterranean Sea adjacent to the Italian border. ...

In 1825, Itard was credited with describing the first case of Tourette syndrome in Marquise de Dampierre, a woman of nobility.^[2] Tourette syndrome (also called Tourettes syndrome, Tourettes disorder, Gilles de la Tourette syndrome, GTS or, more commonly, simply Tourettes or TS) is an inherited neurological disorder with onset in childhood, characterized by the presence of multiple physical (motor) tics and at least one vocal (phonic) tic; these...

In 1821, Itard published a major work on otology, describing the results of his medical research based on over 170 detailed cases. He is credited with the invention of the Eustachian catheter, which is sometimes known as "Itard's catheter". Numbness in the tympanic membrane during otosclerosis is referred to as the "Itard-Cholewa Symptom".^[3] Otology is a small, unknown but increasingly popular religion which consits of fellow OTers. ... Eustachian is a electronic Grind-core Duo, from San Francisco, Ca ... Catheter disassembled In medicine, a catheter is a tube that can be inserted into a body cavity duct or vessel. ... The tympanum or tympanic membrane, colloquially known as eardrum, is a thin membrane that separates the outer ear from the middle ear. ... Otosclerosis is a progressive degenerative condition of the temporal bone which can result in hearing loss. ...

He was also an educator of deaf children, and tried his educational theories in the celebrated case of Victor of Aveyron. However, his efforts with Victor ended up with disappointing results.^[3] This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Dr. Itard was a doctor on staff at St. Jacques (original name for the deaf school in France). Itard experimented on deaf children, he was not an educator. He punctured deaf children's ear drums, ruptured their septums, and even cracked their skulls in the hopes of "curing" their deafness. At least one deaf child died from his experiments and many suffered. He also failed miserably in his attempts to teach language to Victor of Aveyron (who was not deaf). Although Itard is credited with an inventions and some ideas, it must be noted that he used deaf children in an attempt to make a name for himself. Relentless in his quest to become famous he inflicted much pain and suffering upon deaf children.

It is only those people who have relied solely on Itard's writings that would dub him an "educator of the deaf." Those who have read actual accounts of those unfortunate children who became Itard's lab rats would rather think him a "tormentor of the deaf." His name carries no positive weight in deaf history and culture. He is instead known as one of many that came in contact with the deaf and, in the name of science or society, only thought of himself at the sake of others.

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