Research article summary (published 30 Mar 2006):

Charles Richet: medical scientist, innovator, peace thinker and savant.

Full Abstract

This article looks at the life of Professor Charles Richet (1850-1935), a distinguished medical scientist who received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1913 for his work on anaphylaxis. He was also an aeroplane engineer, an investigator of psychic phenomena, active in the medical and international peace movement as a member of the leading peace organisations of the time including the International Medical Association for the Suppression of War, and the French Peace League. He also promoted controversial views about eugenics and the means of constructing what he considered to be a strong and healthy society.

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Author information

Author/s: Lewer, Nick (N);

Affiliation: Department of Peace Studies, Centre for Conflict Resolution, University of Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD7 1DP. N.Lewer(-atsign-)bradford.ac.uk

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Biography; Historical Article; Journal Article

Journal: Medicine, conflict, and survival (Med Confl Surviv), published in England. (Language: eng)

Reference: -2006 Apr-Jun; vol 22 (issue 2) : pp 145-58

Dates: Created 2006/06/05; Completed 2006/07/07;

PMID: 16749478, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 12/26/2008)

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Anaphylaxis - history Aviation - history Eugenics - history France History, 19th Century History, 20th Century

Humans International Cooperation - history Nobel Prize Physiology - history Spiritualism - history War

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