Francois Magendie

Home > ... > Medicine > Biographies > Medicine: Biographies > ...

Essential reading Compare
side-by-side A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

François Magendie

François Magendie , 1783-1855, French physician. He taught at the Collège de France and is considered a founder of experimental physiology. He distinguished the motor and sensory portions of peripheral nerves and studied the function of veins, the effect of air in arteries, and the uses and effects of various drugs.

Create a link to this page

Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:

<a href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/.aspx#1E1-Magendie" title="Facts and information about Francois Magendie">Francois Magendie</a>

Give this article a thumbs-up on StumbleUpon

Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

MLA
Chicago
APA

"François Magendie." The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 16 Dec. 2009 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

"François Magendie." The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (December 16, 2009). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Magendie.html

"François Magendie." The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2008. Retrieved December 16, 2009 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Magendie.html

Learn more about citation styles

Magendie, François

A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition | 2005 | | Â© A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition 2005, originally published by Oxford University Press 2005. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

Magendie, François (1783–1855) French physician; published the first modern physiology textbook Précis Élémentaire de Physiologie (1817), in which he demonstrated the importance of nitrogenous foods (protein) in the diet; in 1829 he stated that ‘all parts of the body of man undergo an intimate motion which serves to both expel those molecules that can or should no longer make up the body and replace them with new ones’—a concept rediscovered in 1942 by Schoenheimer as dynamic equilibrium.

Create a link to this page

Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:

<a href="http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/.aspx#1O39-MagendieFranois" title="Facts and information about Francois Magendie">Francois Magendie</a>

Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

MLA
Chicago
APA

DAVID A. BENDER. "Magendie, François." A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 16 Dec. 2009 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

DAVID A. BENDER. "Magendie, François." A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (December 16, 2009). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O39-MagendieFranois.html

DAVID A. BENDER. "Magendie, François." A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition. 2005. Retrieved December 16, 2009 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O39-MagendieFranois.html

Learn more about citation styles

Related research questions

Facts and information from other sites

Related articles from newspapers, magazines, and more

	Recent findings in brain research described by researchers from University of Bordeaux. Newspaper article from: Health & Medicine Week; 12/15/2008; 627 words ; ...4):451+). For additional information, contact M. Lemoal, University of Bordeaux 2, Neuroctr Magendie, Institute Francois Magendie, F-33077 Bordeaux, France. Publisher contact information for the journal Behavioral and Brain Sciences...
	New science research from University of Bordeaux discussed. Newspaper article from: Science Letter; 3/3/2009; 700+ words ; ...20952). For additional information, contact O. Thoumine, University of Bordeaux 2, CNRS, UMR 5091, Institute Francois Magendie, F-33077 Bordeaux, France. Publisher contact information for the journal Proceedings of the National Academy...
	A chilling forecast Magazine article from: Pharmaceutical Executive; 9/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...apothecaries. He lists the achievements and accomplishments of Friedrich Wilhelm Serturner, who discovered morphine, Francois Magendie and Claude Bernard, who invented pharmacology based on physiology, Oswald Schmiedeberg, who took pharmacology...
	Message in a bottle: scientists are under growing pressure to use fewer animals in their laboratories. Increasingly, there are alternatives.(Science and Technology) Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 4/22/1995; 700+ words ; ...antagonists just as bitterly, is vivisection. That debate has a longer history. More than a century and a half ago Francois Magendie, a visiting French physiologist, ruffled London's sensibilities by carrying out experiments on animals in public...
	Immune Molecule Indirectly Affects Neuron Action.(insulin-like growth factor and tumor necrosis factor alpha could be used to treat neurodegenerative injuries and diseases) Newspaper article from: Immunotherapy Weekly; 9/27/1999; 700+ words ; ...this molecule TNF that has been thought to directly kill neurons," said Robert Dantzer of France's Institute Francois Magendie. "This paper shows that this is not the way the bad guys work. What the bad guys are doing is preventing the effects...
	Molecule Kills Indirectly by Closing Receptor to Life-Saving Help. Newspaper article from: Immunotherapy Weekly; 8/30/1999; 700+ words ; ...like this molecule TNF that has been thought to directly kill neurons," said Robert Dantzer, France's Institute Francois Magendie. "This paper shows that this is not the way the bad guys work. What the bad guys are doing is preventing the effects...
	Studies from University of Bordeaux in the area of life sciences published. Newspaper article from: Biotech Week; 8/27/2008; 700+ words ; ...23):5879-5890). For additional information, contact O. Thoumine, University of Bordeaux 2, Institute Francois Magendie, Center National Rech Science, Unite Mixte Rech 5091, F-33077 Bordeaux, France. Publisher contact information...
	Science in the Eye of the Beholder, 1789-1820* Magazine article from: Transactions of the American Philosophical Society; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...decades of the nineteenth century. In the same period Xavier Bichat, Julien Legallois, and foremost among all Francois Magendie inaugurated experimental physiology with the practice of vivisection, interfering with or excising particular organs...
	New data from D. Belin et al illuminate research in addiction medicine. Newspaper article from: Biotech Week; 7/15/2009; 668 words ; ...Biological Psychiatry, 2009;65(10):863-868). For additional information, contact D. Belin, Institute Francois Magendie, U862, CRI, 146 Rue Leo Saignat, F-33077 Bordeaux, France. Publisher contact information for the journal...
	Experts convene on U. Iowa for brain science conference News Wire article from: University Wire; 6/8/2007; ; 568 words ; ...disease and brain trauma. By bringing together some of the top minds in neuroscience -- such as Daniel Choquet of the Francois Magendie Institute at the University of Bordeaux; Mary Kennedy of the California Institute of Technology; and Yuriy Usachev...