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Born April 20, 1745 • France • (Born on this day)
Died October 25, 1826 (aged 81) • Paris • France
Subjects Of Study mental disorder

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Georgius Agricola.
Georgius Agricola
German scholar and scientist
Benjamin Rush
Benjamin Rush
United States statesman and physician
William Prout
British chemist
Isaac Newton Kerlin
American physician and administrator
Asclepiades Of Bithynia
Greek physician
Arsène d’Arsonval
French physician and physicist
Michel Foucault
Michel Foucault
French philosopher and historian
Claude Bernard, detail of a lithograph by A. Laemlein, 1858
Claude Bernard
French scientist
Charles Gerhardt, engraving
Charles Gerhardt
French chemist
Auguste Laurent
French chemist
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
Nicolle, Charles-Jules-Henri
Charles-Jules-Henri Nicolle
French bacteriologist
Lwoff, 1965
André Lwoff
French biologist