Pol Bouin
André Pol Bouin (born June 11, 1870 in Vendresse , Ardennes , † February 5, 1962 ibid) was a French medic, cytologist , endocrinologist and histologist .
Bouin was the son of a veterinarian. He studied medicine at the University of Nancy , where he was a student of Auguste Prenant (1861-1927). He then taught in Algiers, among others, and was professor of histology in Nancy from 1908 as the successor to his teacher Prenant. He served as a doctor during World War I and then, with funds from the Rockefeller Foundation, built an institute for histology at the University of Strasbourg , where he stayed until the end of his career, with the university being evacuated to Clermont-Ferrand during World War II . In 1946 he retired.
In endocrinology he discovered with Paul Ancel (1873-1961), with whom he worked for thirty years, that testosterone is produced in the Leydig cells (around 1897). Both also discovered the central role of the corpus luteum in the female hormonal cycle (around 1908).
A fixative in pathology bears his name and was described by him in 1897.
In 1961 he received the CNRS gold medal . He had been a member of the Académie des Sciences since 1945 and commander of the Legion of Honor.
Robert Courrier is one of his students .
Fonts
- with Prenant, Maillart Cytologie generale , Volume 1, Schleicher, Paris 1904, Volume 2, Masson, Paris 1911
- Elements d´Histologie , 2 volumes, Alcan, Paris, 1929, 1932
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bouin, Pol |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French medic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 11, 1870 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vendresse |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th February 1962 |
| Place of death | Vendresse |