Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1840

CHARLES ÉDOUARD BROWN-SéQUARD (1817-1894) Recherches expérimentales sur la physiologie et la pathologie des capsules surrénales. (In Compte rendu des séances de l'Académie des Sciences. Vol. 43 (1856), no. 8, pp. 422-425; 542-546.) 28.2 cm.

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Brown-Séquard achieved prominence in England, France, and the United States as one of the finest physiologists of his day. After meeting with little success as a writer, he turned to medicine, where his talents and curiosity found creative outlets. Frequently on the move, mainly for financial reasons, Brown-Séquard held academic appointments at various universities in England, Paris, and the United States (including Harvard and Virginia), and was always in demand for his lecturing skills. Eventually he succeeded Bernard (see No. 1792 ff.) to the post of chair of experimental medicine at the Collège de France. Brown-Séquard is best known for his research on the endocrine system, the present work being one of the most important in that field. By the simple experiment of excising the adrenal glands of animals, he proved the glands were indispensable to life. It is one of the first works to demonstrate the functions of the glands of internal secretion and is basic to the development of endocrinology.

See Related Record(s): 1792

Cited references: Garrison-Morton 1140; Waller 1505a

Gift of John Martin, M.D.