Joseph Louis Renaut
Joseph-Louis Renaut (7 December 1844 – 26 December 1917) was a French physician, anatomist, and histologist. A student of Louis-Antoine Ranvier, he served as professor of anatomy and histology at the faculty of medicine in Lyons. Renaut bodies or corpuscles found in nerve tissue are named after him.
Also recorded as Joseph Renaut · Joseph-Louis Renaut · Sylvain de Saulnay
Joseph Louis Renaut
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- Born
- 1844 · Descartes.
- Died
- 1917 · Lyon.
- Nationality
- France
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- physician · biologist · poet · histologist
- Honours
- Knight of the Legion of Honour · prix Archon-Despérouses
- Languages
- French
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Also worked under the name Sylvain de Launay and Sylvain de Saulnay. Born at Descartes in 1844, died in Lyon in 1917.
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Joseph Louis Renaut (7 December 1844 – 26 December 1917) is documented in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. Joseph Louis Renaut was born in La Haye-Descartes (Indre-et-Loire) (7 December 1844) and died in Lyon (Rhône) (26 December 1917).
The recorded working language is French. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Legion of Honour and prix Archon-Despérouses.
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- 1.Kazamel, Mohamed. Renaut Corpuscles or Peripheral Nerve Infarcts? A Historical Overview. Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques. 44. 2. 184–189. 2017. 0317-1671.
- 2.Mollard, J. Le professeur Renaut. Lyon médical. 127. 49–59. 1918.
- 3.Joseph-Louis Renaut (1844-1917): an innovative pioneer of Histology. Archives of the Balkan Medical Union. 49. 210-212. 2014.
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