Étienne Serres

Antoine Étienne Renaud Augustin Serres (12 September 1786,

In 1817 he published an essay on human dentition (Essai sur l’anatomie et la physiologie des dents, nouvelle theorie de la dentition. In 1822 he examined intracerebellar haemorrhages. He became interested in neurological disorders and conducted vivisection experiments in pigeons, dogs, cows, and horses to induce paralysis and apoplexy. In 1857 he collaborated with Guillaume Duchenne de Boulogne (1806–1875) to examine the role of facial muscles through electrostimulation.[2]

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In the field of teratology, Serres explained the presence of malformations as cases of arrested development or over-development. He had disagreements with Charles Darwin regarding the latter's evolutionary theories. Serres believed that humans were creatures set apart and a supreme goal of all creation.

Associated eponyms

• Serres' angle: Also known as the metafacial angle, an angle between the base of the
  pterygoid process.^[3]
• Serres' glands:
  Epithelial cell rests found in the subepithelial connective tissue in the palate of the newborn.^[4]

• Essai sur l'anatomie et la physiologie des dents, ou Nouvelle théorie de la dentition, 1817 - Essay on the anatomy and physiology of the teeth, or a new theory about dentition.
• Anatomie comparée du cerveau, dans les quatre classes des animaux vertébrés, appliquée à la physiologie et à la pathologie du système nerveux, 1824-1827 - Comparative anatomy of the brain, in the four classes of vertebrates, as it applies to the physiology and pathology of the nervous system.
• Principes d'embryogénie, de zoogénie et de tératogénie, 1859 - Principles of embryology, zoology and teratology.^[5]

See also

• List of Chairs of the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle

References