Paul Brouardel

Paul Camille Hippolyte Brouardel (February 13, 1837 - July 23, 1906) was a French pathologist who was born in Saint Quentin.

In 1858 he became an externe at the Hôpital Cochin in Paris, and in 1865 earned his medical doctorate. In 1873 he became director of medical services at the Hôpital Saint-Antoine and la Pitié. In 1879 he became a professor of forensics at the Faculté de Médecine de Paris, and succeeded Auguste Ambroise Tardieu (1818–1879) as doyen of French forensic medicine. From 1884-1904 he was chair of the Consultative Committee of Hygiene, and in 1899 was elected president of the French Association for the Advancement of Science (AFAS).

Brouardel was a leading authority of French forensic medicine, and was also a passionate advocate concerning all aspects of public health and hygiene. He was at the forefront of issues such as food safety, tuberculosis, venereal disease, child abuse, alcoholism and public decency. Brouardel was a major influence on the career of neurologist Georges Gilles de la Tourette (1857-1904).

Written works

* "Accidents causés par les substances alimentaires d'origine animale contenant des alcaloïdes toxiques" , 1889
* "Le voisinage d'un établissement dans lequel on soigne des tuberculeux constitue-t-il un danger 1906
* "La nouvelle Loi sur la Santé Publique" , 1904
* "Accidents causés par l'addition des antiseptiques aux aliments" 1903
* "La Vaccination Obligatoire et la Prophylaxis de la Variole Discours à l'Académie de médecine" 1891
* "Recherches expérimentales sur la mort par submersion brusque" 1889
* "Discours prononcé à la séance générale d'ouverture du congrès international d'hygiène de Paris", Discussion sur l'alcoolisation des vins Extr. du Bull. de l'Acad. de médecine, 27 juillet 1886
* "De l'exercice et de l'enseignement de la médecine" , 1873
* "De la tuberculisation des organes génitaux de la femme , thèse de médecine" 1865
* "Eloge de M. Félix Bricheteau, lu à la Société anatomique" 1874
* "Compte rendu des travaux de la Société anatomique de Paris" 1865
* "Les attentats aux moeurs" 1906
* "Rôle du médecin dans les cas où la communication d'une maladie vénérienne est invoquée pour obtenir la séparation de corps ou le divorce" 1900

References

* [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.cths.fr/4DCGI/DetailPage/%3Fzw3_VL_NUM_TABLE%3D40%26zw3_VT_ID%3D184%26zw3_VL_ID_SELECTION%3D3%26zw3_VL_ID_SELEC_Appel%3D0&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2522Paul%2BCamille%2BHippolyte%2BBrouardel%2522%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG Short Biography of Paul Brouardel]
* [http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=546293 French Public Health from the 1870s to the Present]