Jacques François Édouard Hervieux
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Jacques François Édouard Hervieux (4 September 1818 – 31 March 1905) was a French pediatrician and gynecologist born in Louviers
.
In 1838 he received his licence ès lettres in Rouen
, afterwards obtaining a degree in science in Paris (1841), where he later studied medicine. From 1844 to 1848 he worked as a hospital interne in Paris
, followed by many years as a hospital physician. In 1892 he became an officer of the Légion d'honneur, and in 1896 was appointed president of the Académie Nationale de Médecine
. He is buried at Cimetière de Montmartre.
Hervieux is remembered for his systematic research of neonatal jaundice
. In 1847 he published a major work on the disease called De l'ictère de nouveau-nés.
Louviers
Louviers is a commune in the Eure department in Haute-Normandie in northern France.Louviers is from Paris and from Rouen.-Population:-Sights:Its church, Notre Dame, has parts which date from the thirteenth century...
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In 1838 he received his licence ès lettres in Rouen
Rouen
Rouen , in northern France on the River Seine, is the capital of the Haute-Normandie region and the historic capital city of Normandy. Once one of the largest and most prosperous cities of medieval Europe , it was the seat of the Exchequer of Normandy in the Middle Ages...
, afterwards obtaining a degree in science in Paris (1841), where he later studied medicine. From 1844 to 1848 he worked as a hospital interne in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, followed by many years as a hospital physician. In 1892 he became an officer of the Légion d'honneur, and in 1896 was appointed president of the Académie Nationale de Médecine
Académie Nationale de Médecine
Académie Nationale de Médecine, or National Academy of Medicine was created in 1820 by king Louis XVIII at the urging of baron Antoine Portal. At its inception, the institution was known as the Académie Royale de Médecine...
. He is buried at Cimetière de Montmartre.
Hervieux is remembered for his systematic research of neonatal jaundice
Neonatal jaundice
Neonatal jaundice or Neonatal hyperbilirubinemia is a yellowing of the skin and other tissues of a newborn infant. A bilirubin level of more than 85 umol/l manifests clinical jaundice in neonates whereas in adults a level of 34 umol/l would look icteric...
. In 1847 he published a major work on the disease called De l'ictère de nouveau-nés.
Written works
- De l'ictère de nouveau-nés, (Of jaundice in newborns) Université de Paris, 1847.
- De l'emploi de la digitaline, de ses effets physiologiques, etc., (The use of digitalisDigitalisDigitalis is a genus of about 20 species of herbaceous perennials, shrubs, and biennials that are commonly called foxgloves. This genus was traditionally placed in the figwort family Scrophulariaceae, but recent reviews of phylogenetic research have placed it in the much enlarged family...
, its physiological effects, etc.) Université de Paris, 1848. - De la diphtérie, (Of diphtheriaDiphtheriaDiphtheria is an upper respiratory tract illness caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae, a facultative anaerobic, Gram-positive bacterium. It is characterized by sore throat, low fever, and an adherent membrane on the tonsils, pharynx, and/or nasal cavity...
) Université de Paris, 1860. - Étiologie et prophylaxie des épidémies puerpérales, (Etiology and Prophylaxis of puerperal epidemics) Université de Paris, 1865.
- Ictère puerpéral, (Puerperal jaundice) Université de Paris, 1867.
- Traité clinique et pratique des maladies puerpérales suites de couches, Université de Paris, 1870.