Jean Charles Faget

Jean Charles Faget
BornJune 26, 1818
New Orleans
DiedDecember 7, 1884 (aged 66)
New Orleans
OccupationPhysician
SpouseGlady Ligeret de Chazey
Children13

Jean Charles Faget was a medical doctor born on June 26, 1818, in New Orleans. He is best known for the Faget sign—a medical sign that is the unusual combination of fever and bradycardia. The sign is an important diagnostic symptom of yellow fever.

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