Cruveilhier, Jean

(born Feb. 9, 1791, Limoges, Fr.—died March 10, 1874, Sussac) French pathologist and anatomist. He published a series of multivolume works on the anatomy of disease. The greatest, the beautifully illustrated Pathological Anatomy of the Human Body (2 vol., 1829–42), contains the first description of multiple sclerosis, depictions of gastric ulcer, and an early account of progressive muscular atrophy.

Source: Encyclopedia Britannica