Abstract
Benjamin Ball's posthumous fame is due solely to his being chosen in 1877 to become the first holder of a new chair created in 1875 at the Faculté de Médecine in Paris, the Chair of Mental and Brain Diseases. His training, outside of asylums but with two prominent professors of mental illness, Jacques Moreau de Tours and Charles Lasègue, enabled him to have a full career as a teacher, appreciated by his numerous students for his expertise and verve. His chance meeting in 1858, during his time as a resident, with the then young Jean-Martin Charcot led him to write an innovative thesis, on venous thrombosis in the limbs and pulmonary embolism, which should have contributed more to his fame. We present here a few of his most notable publications, among the 100 or so that he authored.
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