Charles-Philippe Robin
Charles-Philippe Robin (4 June 1821 – 6 October 1885) was a French
.He studied medicine in
Musée Orfila. In 1846 he received his medical doctorate, and at different stages of his career he was a professor of natural history, anatomy, and histology. He was a member of the Académie Nationale de Médecine (1858) and Academy of Science (1866). In 1873 he was appointed director of the marine zoology laboratory at Concarneau
.
Robin's contributions to medical science were many and varied. He was among the first scientists in France to use the
Rajidae
(electric skates).
With Pierre François Olive Rayer, Claude Bernard, and Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard, he established the Société de biologie (1848).
Robin was a prolific writer, being the author of over 300 written articles during his lifetime. With
pathologist Rudolf Virchow. Virchow-Robin spaces are lymphatic spaces between the vessels of the central nervous system
.
Selected writings
- Tableaux d’anatomie. Paris, 1851.
- Anatomie microscopique. 1868.
- Programme du cours d’histologie. 1870.
- Traité du microscope, son mode d’emploi, son application, 1871.
- Anatomie et physiologie cellulaire, animale et végétale. Paris, 1873.
- Mémoire sur le développement embryogénique des hirudinées. 1874.
- L’instruction et l’éducation. 1877.
- Nouveau dictionnaire abrége de médecine. Paris, 1886
References
- Charles-Philippe Robin @ Who Named It
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