Nicolas-Philibert Adelon (20 August 1782,

Dijon Dijon (, ; ; in Burgundian language (Oïl), Burgundian: ''Digion'') is a city in and the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Côte-d'Or Departments of France, department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Regions of France, region in eas ...

– 19 July 1862,

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) was a French physician and

physiologist Physiology (; ) is the scientific study of functions and mechanisms in a living system. As a subdiscipline of biology, physiology focuses on how organisms, organ systems, individual organs, cells, and biomolecules carry out chemical and ...

. He studied medicine in Paris, receiving his doctorate in 1809 with the thesis "''Dissertation sur les fonctions de la peau"''. In 1823 he obtained his agrégation for

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, and in 1826 succeeded Antoine-Athanase Royer-Collard as chair of

forensic medicine Forensic medicine is a broad term used to describe a group of medical specialties which deal with the examination and diagnosis of individuals who have been injured by or who have died because of external or unnatural causes such as poisoning, assa ...

at the

University of Paris The University of Paris (), known Metonymy, metonymically as the Sorbonne (), was the leading university in Paris, France, from 1150 to 1970, except for 1793–1806 during the French Revolution. Emerging around 1150 as a corporation associated wit ...

, a position he maintained up until 1861.Adelon, Nicolas Philibert
Sociétés savantes de France In 1821 he became a member of the

Académie nationale de médecine Situated at 16 Rue Bonaparte in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, the Académie nationale de médecine (National Academy of Medicine) was created in 1820 by King Louis XVIII at the urging of baron Antoine Portal. At its inception, the institu ...

, being elected as its president in 1831. He was also a founding member of the ''Société anatomique de Paris'' (1803).

Published works

He is remembered for his publication of the

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, "''Dictionnaire de médecine''" (21 volumes, 1821-28; in collaboration with Pierre-Auguste Béclard and Laurent-Théodore Biett). Its second edition contained 30 volumes, and was published with the title "''Dictionnaire de médecine ou répertoire général des sciences médicales''" (1832-46). His other noted works include: * ''Analyse d'un Cours du Docteur Gall ou Physiologie et anatomie du cerveau'', (1808). * '' Physiologie de l'homme'' (4 volumes, 1823–24). * He made contributions to the "''Dictionaire des sciences médicales''" (60 volumes, 1812–22; principal editors:

François-Pierre Chaumeton François-Pierre Chaumeton (20 September 1775 in Chouzé-sur-Loire – 10 August 1819 in Paris) was a French people, French botanist and physician. He studied medicine, humanities and languages (particularly Greek) in Paris, afterwards serving as ...

and François Victor Mérat de Vaumartoise). * With François Chaussier, he published an edition of

Giovanni Battista Morgagni Giovanni Battista Morgagni (25 February 1682 – 6 December 1771) was an Italian anatomy, anatomist, generally regarded as the father of modern anatomical pathology, who taught thousands of medical students from many countries during his 56 year ...

's "''De sedibus et causis morborum per anatomen indagatis''" (1821).De sedibus et causis morborum per anatomen indagatis
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Adelon, Nicolas-Philibert 1782 births 1862 deaths Physicians from Dijon Academic staff of the University of Paris French physiologists