- Albert Dastre
Albert Dastre (
November 7 ,1844 -October 22 ,1917 ) was a Frenchphysiologist . He studied and worked underClaude Bernard (1813-1878) andPaul Bert (1830-1886) inParis , and in 1886 attained the chair of General Physiology at theSorbonne . In 1904 Dastre became a member of the "Académie des sciences". One of his better-known assistants was Romanian physiologistNicolae Paulescu (1869-1931), who was the discoverer ofinsulin .Albert Dastre specialized in the field of
physiological chemistry , and is remembered for his studies ofglycosuria anddiabetes , as well as his discovery involving theproteolytic properties of blood. In 1893, he noticed a reduction offibrin during a phlebotomy in dogs, which he attributed to a destruction of fibrin. He called this phenomena,fibrinolysis to describe the dissolution of fibrin and the break up of blood clots. Dastre also observed fibrin dissolve when mixed with anantiseptic salt solution, and postulated that it was a form of digestion.Among his written works was a philosophic and scientific treatise on life and death titled "La Vie et la Mort", and in 1878-79 he published and edited "Leçons sur les Phénomènes de la vie communs aux animaux et aux végétaux", a work composed by his former mentor, Claude Bernard. With his colleague Jean-Pierre Morat (1846–1920), the "Dastre-Morat Law" is derived, which states that "constriction of the body's surface
blood vessel s is usually accompanied bydilation of vessels of the viscera, and vice-versa".References
* cite book
title=Laws and Models
author=Carl W. Hall
year=2000
publisher=CRC Press
isbn=0849320186
url=http://books.google.com/books?id=EEhpsf6L09gC&pg=PA109&lpg=PA109&dq=%22dastre+morat%22+law&source=web&ots=SxS8SYxh1L&sig=EVAXW0mRYUsHuJ4ITPu8gQ4NtfM#PPA109,M1
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