Q: How did Tourette Syndrome get its name?

A: In 1825, the first case of TS was reported in medical literature by Dr. Itard. It was a description of the Marquise de Dampierre, a noblewoman whose symptoms included involuntary tics of many parts of her body and various vocalizations including echolalia and coprolalia. She lived to the age of 86 and was again described by Dr. Georges de la Tourette in 1883, the French neurologist for whom the disorder was named. Samuel Johnson, the lexicographer, Andre` Malraux, the French author and Mozart, the composer, are among the famous people who are thought to have had TS.