He studied medicine at the University of Paris under Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol (1772–1840), and while a student worked as an intern at the Charenton mental institution.
In 1843 with Jacques-Joseph Moreau (1804-1884), Jules Baillarger (1809-1890) and François Achille Longet (1811-1871), he founded the psychiatric journal Annales médico-psychologiques.
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