Ernest Mosny
Ernest Mosny (4 January 1861 – 25 April 1918) was a French physician and hygienist born in La Fère, Aisne.[1]
Mosny served as médecin des hopitaux in Paris, and was a member of the Académie de Médecine and the Conseil supérieur d'hygiène.
He is remembered for his work in the field of microbiology. With Joaquín Albarrán (1860-1912) he performed a series of tests in an attempt to find an antidote to the colon bacillus. Eventually the two scientists developed a vaccine that achieved a high degree of immunity in dogs and rabbits.[2][3] In 1912 with biologist Edouard Dujardin-Beaumetz (1868-1947), he studied the effects of bubonic plague in two Alpine marmots during hibernation. Reportedly, the marmots were able to survive 61 & 115 days after being injected with the disease.[4][5]
In 1911 Mosny reported the first successful embolectomy, a direct arterial surgical procedure that was performed on the femoral artery.[6]
Written works
With pathologist Paul Brouardel (1937-1906) and others, he was co-author of the multi-volume Traité d'hygiène. Other principal works by Mosby include:
- Note sur une pseudo-tuberculose du lièvre, 1891
- Broncho-pneumonie, 1892 (bronchopneumonia)
- La Peste, 1897 (The plague)
- La protection de la santé publique, 1904 (The protection of public health).
- Méningite saturnine subaigüe avec hémiparésie motrice passagère, 1911 (with François Saint-Girons).
References
- IDREF.fr (bibliography)
- ^ [1] Académie Nationale de Médecine
- ^ [2] Therapeutic gazette edited by William Brodie, et al
- ^ [3] Albert Besson. Practical bacteriology, microbiology and serum therapy
- ^ [4] Mental Plague in Tarabagans
- ^ [5] Hosts of the infection, Rodents and lagomorphs
- ^ [6] Surgery: basic science and clinical evidence by Jeffrey A. Norton