premise: Georges Gilles de la Tourette failed to describe symptoms.
hypothesis: Georges Gilles de la Tourette . Tourette described the symptoms of Tourette 's syndrome in nine patients in 1884 , using the name `` maladie des tics '' . After these events , Tourette began to experience mood swings between depression and hypomania . Around 1902 , Tourette 's condition worsened and he was dismissed from his post .