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Sarturnin Arloing

Born  1846-01-03
Died  1911-03-21

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French physician, born January 3, 1846, Cusset, département Allier; died March 21, 1911, Lyon.

Biography of Sarturnin Arloing

Sarturnin Arloing studied veterinary medicine in Lyon and became professor of anatomy and physiology at the Veterinary High School in Toulouse in 1869. In 1876 he received the same appointment in Lyon, where he was also active as professor of experimental medicine and comparative pathology at the university. Arloing particularly concerned himself with tuberculosis, conceiving several tests.

Bibliography

  • Sur l'obtention de cultures et d'émulsions homogènes du bacille de la tuberculose humaine en milieu liquide et "sur une variété mobile de ce bacille".
    Comptes rendus de l’Académie des sciences, Paris, 1898, 126: 1319-1321.
    Sero-agglutination for the diagnosis of tubercle bacillus.
  • Cours élémentaires d'anatomie générale et notions de technique histologique. Paris 1890.
  • Les virus. Paris 1891.
  • Leçons sur la tuberculose et certaines septicémies.
    Paris 1892. Bibliography in Archives internationales de pharmacodynamie et de therapie, 1911, 22: 3-25.

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