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Pierre Abrami

Born  1879-07-01
Died  1943

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French physician, born July 1, 1879, Constantinople; died 1943.

Biography of Pierre Abrami

Pierre Abrami studied at the University of Paris, where he received his medical doctorate in 1910. He was appointed Médecin des hôpitaux in 1913 and became a collaborator of Georges Fernand Isidore Widal (1862-1929).

Bibliography

  • Le paludisme macédonien.
    With Paul-Félix Armand-Delille (1874-), Georges Paisseau (1876-) and Lemaire. Paris, 1917.

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