Aug 06, 1811Narbonne, Occitania, FranceDied on 11 Dec 1891 (aged 80)Leo
About Ernest Barthez
Antoine Charles Ernest Barthez (1811-1891) most well known as Dr.
Barthez was a French physician.
Barthez produced three volumes on children's diseases with Frédéric Rilliet (1814-1861).
He was influential in the study of child neurology.He was the grandnephew of the distinguished physician Paul Joseph Barthez.
Barthez worked as a physician at the court of Napoleon III and Eugénie de Montijo.
In 1912, posthumous letters from Barthez were made public in a book translated by Bernard Miall.
One letter caused controversy as it alleged that the medium Daniel Dunglas Home was caught using his foot to fake supposed spirit effects during a séance in Biarritz in 1857.