Sujet
Claude Bernard, 19th century French physiologist, 1913. Artist: Unknown
Légende
Claude Bernard, 19th century French physiologist, 1913. Obverse of a silver plaquette commemorating the centenary of his birth. 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_475
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
49,9Mo (2,0Mo) / 31,0cm x 40,4cm / 3656 x 4775 (300dpi)