Albert Besson (1896-1965) was a French hygienist, physician and member of the French Medecine Academy. 1896 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link goes to calendar). ... Physician examining a child The word physician should not be confused with physicist, which means a scientist in the area of physics. ...

Biography

In 1916, as officer cadet, he was seriously injured at the fort de Vaux, during the battle of Verdun, after saving wounded soldiers, and at first, was considered as dead. 1916 (MCMXVI) is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January-February January 1 -The first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ...

On the way to recovery, he was admitted at the Faculty of Medecine of Paris, and published his first work even before the end of WW1 (see below), on relationship with the war diseases. Although he was originally a bacteriologist,he defended his thesis of medecine in the service of professor Levy Valensi, psychiatrist, who remained one of his best friends.

Elected as general councellor of Paris in 1930, he was back to medecine in 1936 as general director of the Town of Paris Laboratories.

In the 1950's he promoted the vaccination against poliomyelitis, looked after the water quality for the inhabitants of Paris, obtained a law forbiding the hooter in town, and was one of the first to alert the authorities and the public about atmospheric and acoustic pollution. Events and trends Technology United States tests the first fusion bomb. ...

At the Academy of medecine, he was Professor Jean Quenu's colleague, Both had their summer residence in the fishers village of Audresselles.

Albert Besson was painter Maurice Boitel's father in law. Maurice Boitel (born July 31, 1919, in Tillières-on-Avre (county of Eure)), is a French painter. ...

Publications

Two works of his own are registered at the institut Pasteur: The Pasteur Institute (French: Institut Pasteur) is a French non-profit private foundation dedicated to the study of biology, microorganisms, diseases and vaccines. ...

• Questions d'hygiène et de technique hospitalières : de la construction et de l'aménagement des établissements hospitaliers / par le Docteur Albert Besson ; préf. de M. le Docteur Dujarric de la Rivière. - Paris : J. B. Baillière et Fils, 1951.
• Technique microbiologique et sérothérapique : (microbes pathogènes de l'homme et des animaux) ; guide du médecin et du vétérinaire pour les travaux de laboratoire / par le Dr Albert Besson. - 7e éd. ref. et augm.- Paris : J. B. Baillière et Fils, 1920.

A fourth edition of this last book can also be found at the Universidad de Navarra/Navarra, Spain):

• Technique microbiologique et sérothérapique : microbes pathogénes de l'homme et des animaux : guide du médecin et du veterinaire pour les travaux de laboratoire / par Albert Besson.

Publicac. Paris : Librairie J.-B. Baillière et Fils. Edición 4e ed. ref. et augm.