Sujet
Medal commemorating Claude Bernard, French physiologist, 19th century. Artist: Unknown
Légende
Medal commemorating Claude Bernard, French physiologist, 19th century. Bernard (1813-1878) investigated the liver, discovering glycogen, and determined that most of the process of digestion occurs in the small intestine, rather that the stomach. He showed that haemoglobin carries oxygen in red blood cells, and demonstated how carbon monoxide poisoning disrupted this process. When Bernard died in 1878, the French government organised his funeral, making him the first French scientist to be honoured in this way.
Oxford Science Archive
Date
1850
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images
Notre référence
HRM19B65_474
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
50,0Mo (1,9Mo) / 35,7cm x 35,0cm / 4220 x 4139 (300dpi)