Laveran, the Pasteurian researcher

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At the end of his professorial mandate at the Val de Grâce hospital, Alphonse Laveran, who was Chief Doctor, was appointed to Lille and then Nantes. These assignments however deprived him of a hospital service where he could carry on his research. In 1896, faced with the inflexibility of his military hierarchy, he applied for early retirement; he was then 50 years old. Dr Roux welcomed him to the Pasteur Institute as a honorary department head, where he started a second career as a volunteer. He would spend the following 25 years there, addressing the great protozoology issues. Together with Félix Mesnil, he undertook the study of trypanosomiasis and leishmaniases. In 1907 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in physiology and medicine to honor "his work on the role of protozoa as pandemic vectors". He allocated a large part of his prize money to set up a parasitology laboratory at the Pasteur Institute, where all the discoveries and observations carried out in the colonies would converge. In 1908, he funded the Society of Exotic Pathology. He authored no less than 600 publications where his memorable research is recorded. Despite his somewhat outwardly rigid appearance, the man proved to be of amiable approach thanks to "the simplicity of his manners, his amenity and his great heart".

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:3

Enthalten in:

Medecine tropicale et sante internationale - 3(2023), 1 vom: 31. März

Sprache:

Französisch

Weiterer Titel:

Laveran, le pasteurien

Beteiligte Personen:

Perrot, Annick [VerfasserIn]

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Alphonse Laveran
English Abstract
France
Historical Article
Journal Article
Leishmaniasis
Malaria
Nobel Prize
Pasteur Institute
Protozoology
Société de pathologie exotique
Trypanosomes
Val de Grâce Hospital

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Date Completed 03.10.2023

Date Revised 03.10.2023

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.48327/mtsi.v3i1.2023.313

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NLM360254535