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Claude Bernard, detail of a lithograph by A. Laemlein, 1858

Claude Bernard

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Professor of Modern Languages, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 1957–78. Author of Claude Bernard and His Place in the History of Ideas.
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Born:
July 12, 1813, Saint-Julien, France
Died:
Feb. 10, 1878, Paris (aged 64)
Awards And Honors:
Copley Medal (1876)

Claude Bernard (born July 12, 1813, Saint-Julien, France—died Feb. 10, 1878, Paris) was a French physiologist known chiefly for his discoveries concerning the role of the pancreas in digestion, the glycogenic function of the liver, and the regulation of the blood supply by the vasomotor nerves. On a broader stage, Bernard played a role in establishing the principles of experimentation in the life sciences, advancing beyond the vitalism and indeterminism of earlier physiologists to become one of the founders of experimental medicine. His most seminal contribution was his concept of the internal environment of the organism, which led to the ...(100 of 1577 words)

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