Birth · 6 November 1797
Birth of Gabriel Andral, physician and professor of pathology
Born in Paris on 6 November 1797, Gabriel Andral earned his medical doctorate in 1821 and subsequently taught at the Paris Faculty of Medicine. His clinical and pathological writings, together with his research on blood, illustrate the development of observational medicine in the nineteenth century.
Documentary sources
- ANDRAL Gabriel — notice biographique
Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques, École nationale des chartes · Historical date : 1797-11-06
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