Charles-Émile François-Franck
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| Born | 7 May 1849  |
| Died | 12 September 1921 (aged 72) |
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Charles-Émile François-Franck (7 May 1849, Paris – 8 September 1921, Paris) was a French physiologist.
From 1871 he served as a hospital intern in Bordeaux, later returning to Paris, where he worked as an assistant to Étienne-Jules Marey in the laboratory of pathophysiology at the Collège de France. In 1885 he was named director of the laboratory, and in 1890, attained the title of professor.[1] Among his assistants at the Collège de France was neuropathologist Gustave Roussy.[2] In 1887 he was elected as a member of the Académie Nationale de Médecine.[3]
His research included studies of vasomotor regulation, pulmonary blood flow and investigations involving the cerebral localization of function. He was a pioneer of sympathectomy (interruption of the sympathetic nervous system for relieving pain) and remembered for his usage of cinematography to accurately record body movements.[4][5]
Selected works[edit]
- Recherches sur l'anatomie et la physiologie des nerfs vasculaires de la tête, 1875 – Research on the anatomy and physiology of the vascular nerves of the head.
- Leçons sur les fonctions motrices du cerveau (réactions volontaires et organiques) et sur l'épilepsie cérébrale (preface by Jean-Martin Charcot), 1887 – Lessons on the motor function of the brain (voluntary and organic reactions) and on cerebral epilepsy.
- Fonctions réflexes des ganglions du grand sympathique, 1894 – Reflex functions of the sympathetic ganglia.
- Nouvelles recherches sur l'action vaso-constrictive pulmonaire du grand sympathique, 1895 – New research on pulmonary vaso-constrictive action, etc.
- Cours du Collège de France de 1880 à 1904 (Courses taught at the Collège de France from 1880 to 1904).
- L'oeuvre de E.-J. Marey: membre de l'Institut et de l'Académie de Médecine, etc., 1905 – Works of Étienne-Jules Marey.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ Nos grands médecins d'aujourd'hui by Maurice de Fleury
- ^ Gustave Roussy at Who Named It
- ^ FRANCOIS FRANCK (Charles Emile) biuSante
- ^ Brown-Sequard: An Improbable Genius Who Transformed Medicine by Michael J. Aminoff, MD
- ^ Screening the Body: Tracing Medicine's Visual Culture by Lisa Cartwright
- ^ François-Franck, Charles-Émile (1849-1921) IdRef.fr
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