Maurice Arthus

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Nicolas Maurice Arthus (born January 9, 1862 in Angers , † February 24, 1945 in Freiburg im Üechtland ) was a French physiologist and the discoverer of the Arthus phenomenon named after him and was thus one of the founders of the theory of allergies .

life and work

Maurice Arthus studied medicine in Paris and became a lecturer in physiology at the Sorbonne in 1890 . In 1896 he followed a call to the University of Freiburg, where he became professor of physiology, four years later he went to the Pasteur Institute in Lille as head of laboratory . From 1903, the year in which he discovered the Arthus phenomenon , he worked as a professor at the École de médécine in Marseille ; from 1907 to 1932 he was professor and director of the Physiological Institute in Lausanne , of which he was one of the founders. Until his death he was head of the Institute for Bacteriology and Hygiene in Friborg.

Maurice Arthus received the Marcel Benoist Prize in 1920 . In 1943 he became a corresponding member of the Académie des Sciences . His research focus was on blood coagulation and the toxicology of snake and bee venom as well as anaphylaxis . He published around 200 papers on these topics.

Fonts (selection)

  • Précis de chimie physiologique , 1895.
  • Précis de physiologie , 1901.
  • De l'anaphylaxis à l'immunité , 1921.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ List of members since 1666: letter A. Académie des sciences, accessed on October 3, 2019 (French).
personal data
SURNAME Arthus, Maurice
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Arthus, Nicolas Maurice (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French physiologist and the discoverer of the Arthus phenomenon named after him
DATE OF BIRTH January 9, 1862
PLACE OF BIRTH Angers
DATE OF DEATH February 24, 1945
Place of death Freiburg in Üechtland