Jean Bernard (physician)

Jean Bernard (26 May 1907 in Paris – 17 April 2006 in Paris) was a French physician and haematologist. He was professor of haematology and director of the Institute for Leukaemia at the University of Paris. After graduating in medicine in Paris in 1926 he commenced his laboratory training with the bacteriologist Gaston Ramon at the Pasteur Institute in 1929.

In 1932 Bernard gave the first description of the use of high dosage radiotherapy in the treatment of Hodgkin's disease. Bernard's research has ranged from the demonstration of neoplastic nature of leukaemia (1933–1937) to the formulation of methods of treatment. Bernard gave his name to and Bernard–Soulier syndrome. In all, Bernard published 14 textbooks and monographs on haematology.[1]

During the German occupation of France, Bernard was active in the French Resistance. [2]^{[dead link]}

In 1973, he became a member of the Académie Nationale de Médecine; he was elected at the Académie française on 18 March 1976.

In 1981 he was elected as a member of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts in the Department of Medical Sciences. In 1983, he was awarded the Artois-Baillet Latour Health Prize.

References[]

• Degos, Laurent (September 2006). "Jean Bernard. Medicine, science, humanity". Haematologica. 91 (9): 1163–4. PMID 16956813.
• Harousseau, Jean-Luc (July 2006). "[Jean Bernard.]". Bulletin du cancer. 93 (7): 659. PMID 16873073.
• Bernard, J (December 2000). "[Congential thrombocytic hemorrhagic dystrophy]". La Revue du praticien. 50 (20): 2213–5. PMID 11217121.
• Golliet, P; Binet J L (1983). "[2 blood historians, or response of Lucien Lévy-Bruhl and Wifredo Lam to Jean Bernard]". Nouvelle revue française d'hématologie. 25 (5): 337–341. PMID 6361692.
• Stavem, P (March 1978). "Acute hypergranular promyelocytic leukaemia. Priority of discovery (Jean Bernard and Leif Hillestad)". Scandinavian Journal of Haematology. 20 (3): 287–8. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0609.1978.tb02459.x. PMID 347564.
• Pavlovsky, A (1977). "[Jean Bernard and Argentinian hematology]". Nouvelle revue française d'hématologie; blood cells. 18 (2): 451–3. PMID 335358.
• Escoffier-Lambiotte, C (1977). "[Jean Bernard, doctor and philosopher of science]". Nouvelle revue française d'hématologie; blood cells. 18 (2): 441–4. PMID 335357.
• Gaertner, H (1976). "[Professor Jean Bernard elected member of the Académie Francaise]". Acta Haematologica Polonica. 7 (1): 64. PMID 766553.
• Castaigne, P (June 1975). "[Our friend Jean Bernard]". La Revue du praticien. 25 (34): 2691, 1714. PMID 1099643.

External links[]

• Washington Post "Leading French Medical Pioneer Dies at 98" April 21 2006 accessed April 22 2006^{[dead link]}
• Who Named It Jean Bernard
• (in French) L'Académie française