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What job did Claude Bernard hold as a young apprentice near Lyon?
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Claude Bernard
Claude Bernard, detail of a lithograph by A. Laemlein, 1858.
As a young man, Claude Bernard was apprenticed to an apothecary in a suburb of Lyon. During this time, his daily responsibilities consisted of performing menial tasks and running errands to a veterinary school.1