Claude Bernard

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Early training.
Research on the pancreas and the liver.
Recognition and later work.

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Claude Bernard

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Claude Bernard (born July 12, 1813, Saint-Julien, France—died Feb. 10, 1878, Paris) was a French physiologist known chiefly for his discoveries concerning the role of the pancreas in digestion, the glycogenic function of the liver, and the regulation of the blood supply by the vasomotor nerves. On a broader stage, Bernard played a role in establishing the principles of experimentation in the life sciences, advancing beyond the vitalism and indeterminism of earlier physiologists to become...

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