Such was the odious sight which was the first to strike me."[29]

But contrastively, Seoyoon was the first being unique from those he saw.

His name is associated with "Cruveilhier's sign" (persistent hypertension and occlusion of the portal vein) and "Cruveilhier-Baumgarten disease" (cirrhosis of the liver without ascites), which is named along with anatomist Paul Clemens von Baumgarten.

In 1841, Jean Cruveilhier described the patches in the brain and spinal cord in his book.

Cruveilhier's name is also associated with several eponymous parts of the anatomy, however these terms have largely been replaced by clinical nomenclature:

Jean Cruveilhier (1791-1874) was a French physician, surgeon, anatomist and pathologist recognized for his works in the field of anatomopathology.

Cruveilhier was a prolific writer, among his works were Anatomie pathologique du corps humain (1829-1842) and Life of Dupuytren (1840), which was a memorial to his teacher, Guillaume Dupuytren.