Claude Bernard

Claude Bernard
Born(1813-07-12)12 July 1813
Died10 February 1878(1878-02-10) (aged 64)
Paris, France
Alma materUniversity of Paris
Known forMilieu intérieur
SpouseMarie Françoise Bernard
ChildrenTwo daughters, Jeanne-Henriette and Marie-Claude, and a son who died in infancy
AwardsBaly Medal (1869)
Copley Medal (1876)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysiology
InstitutionsMuséum national d'Histoire naturelle
PatronsLouis Napoleon
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Claude Bernard (French: [klod bɛʁnaʁ]; 12 July 1813 – 10 February 1878) was a French physiologist. Historian I. Bernard Cohen of Harvard University called Bernard "one of the greatest of all men of science".[1] He originated the term milieu intérieur and the associated concept of homeostasis (the latter term being coined by Walter Cannon).

  1. ^ Cohen, I. Bernard, "Foreword", in the Dover edition (1957) of: Bernard, Claude, An Introduction to the Study of Experimental Medicine (originally published in 1865; first English translation by Henry Copley Greene, published by Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1927).[page needed]