Although Guillain-Barré syndrome was officially described in 1916, other cases had been reported earlier, such as some cases of Landry's paralysis. This year is the 250th anniversary of the birth of Georges Cuvier (1769-1832), one of the fathers of comparative anatomy and palaeontology: he died at age 63 from an unknown disease. By reading medical reports about his last days and hours, we conclude Cuvier died from a severe form of Guillain-Barré syndrome. Moreover, we think this observation could be the first complete report of acute polyradiculoneuropathy with pharyngeal-cervical-brachial onset.

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乔治·居维叶 (Georges Cuvier) (1832) 的神秘死亡：严重吉兰-巴雷综合征的早期病例？

尽管格林-巴利综合征于 1916 年被正式描述，但其他病例更早被报道，例如兰德里瘫痪的一些病例。今年是比较解剖学和古生物学之父之一乔治·居维叶（Georges Cuvier，1769-1832 年）诞辰 250 周年：他因未知疾病去世，享年 63 岁。通过阅读有关他最后几天和几小时的医疗报告，我们得出结论，居维叶死于严重的吉兰-巴雷综合征。此外，我们认为这一观察结果可能是第一个关于咽-颈-臂发作的急性多发性神经根神经病的完整报告。