Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval
Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval | |
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 Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval | |
| Born | 8 June 1851 |
| Died | 31 December 1940 (aged 89) |
| Nationality | French |
| Known for | Galvanometer Electrophysiology |
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| Fields | Electrophysiology |
Jacques-Arsène d'Arsonval (8 June 1851 – 31 December 1940) was a French
biological organisms
, in the nineteenth century.
Life
D'Arsonval was born in the Château de la Borie, in
College de France
.
Influenced by Bernard, D'Arsonval decided to devote his life to research. In 1892, he became director of the new laboratory of biophysics at the College de France and continued in that post until 1910. His main contributions were in
electric shock. Instead they seemed to have beneficial effects. He pioneered the therapeutic application of high frequency current to the body, founding the field of electrotherapy. He developed a spark-excited resonant circuit to generate currents of 0.5-2 MHz called "D'Arsonval currents" for therapy, which became known as "D'Arsonvalization". It was later used for diathermy
.
In 1881, d'Arsonval proposed tapping the
OTEC plant in Cuba
in 1930.
He was awarded the
Prix Montyon in 1882 and was appointed a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour in 1884, with Grand Cross in 1931.[1]
See also
References
- ISBN 0-203-02829-5pp. 45–46
Further reading
- Culotta, Charles A. (1970). "Arsonval, Arsène D'". ISBN 0-684-10114-9.
External links
- https://web.archive.org/web/20040419113144/http://chem.ch.huji.ac.il/~eugeniik/history/arsonval.html
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