Pierre Delbet

Pierre Delbet

Pierre Delbet (November 15, 1861 - 1957) was a French surgeon who was born in La Ferté-Gaucher. In 1889 he received his medical doctorate, and in 1909 became a professor of clinical surgery in Paris. In 1921 he became a member of the Académie de Médecine.

Delbet is remembered for his advocacy of magnesium chloride, which he believed was a "miracle mineral". During World War I, Delbet was searching for a solution that could cleanse wounds but not damage tissue as traditional antiseptics did. In 1915 he found that magnesium chloride not only worked as an antiseptic, but was also harmless to body tissue. Serendipitously, he discovered that when the magnesium chloride solution was taken orally or intravenously, it appeared to be a remedy for other ailments. Delbet also believed that magnesium was beneficial regarding the efficiency of white blood cells, which he describes in his treatise "Politique Préventif du Cancer".

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* [http://www.whonamedit.com/doctor.cfm/1936.html Who Named It?, Pierre Delbet]
* [http://www.arthritistrust.org/Articles/Magnesium%20Chloride%20Hexahydrate%20Therapy.pdf Essay on Delbet and Magnesium Chloride Hexahydrate]


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