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| ... five-year-old girl to a monthly meeting of the Medical Society of Paris. This little girl, Gabrielle, was unique in that she had disproportionately long limbs that Marfan termed arachnid-like or spider legs. This girls case history was published in the Bulletin of the Medical Society of Paris in 1896 with this picture of Gabrielle. It is interesting that Dr. Marfan went on to have an illustrious career, becoming the first professor of pediatrics in France and co-developer of BCG vaccine. | ||
