Jean Garel

Jean Garel (28 March 1852–1931) was a French physician who specialised in the field of laryngology.

In 1879 he succeeded Léon Bouveret as ''chef de clinique médicale'' to the Faculté de médecine at Lyon. In 1881 he became a titular member of the ''Société des sciences médicales'' in Lyon. His name is associated with "Garel's sign", a medical sign involving dysphagia located in the tonsils and posterior fauces, if persistent for more than three weeks, it is usually of syphilitic origin. Provided by Wikipedia