Ludwig Georg Courvoisier was a biliary surgeon from Switzerland while Emmanuel and Felix Courvoisier were a father and son from France who supposedly served their delicious cognac to one of the Napoleons. Try to keep them straight in your head - you never know what will show up on test day.
Saturday, April 21, 2012
More People Who Aren't the Same
I would like to clear up what I can only assume is a very common misconception. Courvoisier's Sign (you know, an enlarged but non-tender gallbladder) is in no way related to the cognac (or even Busta Rhymes)!! I know! Mind-blowing, right?!
Ludwig Georg Courvoisier was a biliary surgeon from Switzerland while Emmanuel and Felix Courvoisier were a father and son from France who supposedly served their delicious cognac to one of the Napoleons. Try to keep them straight in your head - you never know what will show up on test day.
Ludwig Georg Courvoisier was a biliary surgeon from Switzerland while Emmanuel and Felix Courvoisier were a father and son from France who supposedly served their delicious cognac to one of the Napoleons. Try to keep them straight in your head - you never know what will show up on test day.
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