Legrand Du Saulle

LEGRAND DU SAULLE Henri (Henri Legrand du Saulle, 1830-86), an outstanding French psychiatrist, known mainly for his works in the field of forensic psychiatry. For many years he edited the "Annales medicopsy-chologiques". In 1868, together with Gallard and Devergie, he founded the Societe de medecine legale. -Most important works: "De la monomanie incendiaire" (thesis, P., 1856); "La folie devant les tribunaux" (P., 1864); "Prognostic et traitement de l'epilepsie" (P., 1869; 2nd ed., P., 1873).- L. was the first to describe one of the common forms of obsessive neurosis: morbid doubt and fear of touching objects ("Folie du doute avec delire du toucher", P., 1875). LEGUMIN, a protein, vegetable globulin. Found in the seeds of legumes (Leguminosae). It constitutes the main reserve protein of pea, vetch, and lentil seeds, where its content reaches up to 50% of the total protein reserve. Insoluble in water, dissolves in a 5% NaCl solution. Unlike animal globulins, it does not precipitate when the NaCl and MgSO₄ solution is saturated. Relatively easily broken down by enzymes of the gastrointestinal tract. The hydrolysate is very rich in glutamic acid (16.3%) and arginine (5.05%).