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Born January 28, 1827 • France
Died October 6, 1892 (aged 65) • Paris • France
Subjects Of Study tuberculosis
Robert Koch.
Robert Koch
German bacteriologist
Albert Bruce Sabin
American physician and microbiologist
Baruch S. Blumberg, 1976.
Baruch S. Blumberg
American physician
Arsène d’Arsonval
French physician and physicist
Claude Bernard, detail of a lithograph by A. Laemlein, 1858
Claude Bernard
French scientist
René Laënnec
French physician
Jules Hoffmann
Jules Hoffmann
French immunologist
Haigneré, Claudie
Claudie Haigneré
French cosmonaut, doctor, and politician
Jean Dausset.
Jean Dausset
French hematologist and immunologist
François Jacob, 1965.
François Jacob
French biologist
Paré, detail of an engraving, 1582
Ambroise Paré
French surgeon
Nostradamus
Nostradamus
French astrologer
Julien Offroy de La Mettrie
French physician and philosopher
René Dubos
American microbiologist
Nicolle, Charles-Jules-Henri
Charles-Jules-Henri Nicolle
French bacteriologist
Lwoff, 1965
André Lwoff
French biologist
Jean-Baptiste Bouillaud
French physician
Broca, Paul
Paul Broca
French anthropologist and pathologist
Philippe Pinel
Philippe Pinel
French physician
Luc Montagnier
Luc Montagnier
French scientist