| Baron Antoine Portal | |
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 French Anatomist and medical historian |
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| Born | January 5, 1742 Gaillac |
| Died | July 23, 1832 Paris |
| Occupation | Anatomist |
Baron Antoine Portal (1742-1832 CE) was a French anatomist, doctor and medical historian who was the founding president of Académie Nationale de Médecine, created in 1820 by the order of king Louis XVIII[1]. Born on January 5 1742 in Gaillac he was the eldest among 12 siblings. He studied medicine in Albi, Toulouse and Montpellier and started his career as a teacher of anatomy. He moved to Paris in 1766 to take up similar post. He was appointed to the prestigious position of professor of anatomy to the Jardin du roi. Louis XVIII named him the first doctor of King, a post he served under Charles X as well. His close relationship with the King led to the creation of Académie de médecine (now Académie nationale de médecine) for which he was lifelong president. In 1803 he published "Cours d'anatomie médicale", a 5-volume work on medical history. He was probably the first to describe amyloid in liver in 1789 when he noted a lard-like substance in an elderly woman's liver[2]. He was the first to describe bleeding due to esophageal varices[3]. He also published article on clinical features of epilepsy. At the age of 90 years he died in Paris on July 23, 1832 and was buried in Saint-Pierre de Montmartre[4]
References
- ^ Ganière, P. (October 1966). "Baron Antoine Portal, perpetual President of the Académie Royale de Médecine". Bull Acad Natl Med. 150 (26): 539-45. PMID 4864573.
- ^ Kyle, RA (September 2001). "Amyloidosis: a convoluted story." (PDF). British Journal of Haematology 114 (3): 529-38. PMID 11552976. Retrieved on 2007-07-16.
- ^ Moodley J, Singh B, Lalloo S, Pershad S, Robbs JV (August 2001). "Non-operative management of haemobilia". The British journal of surgery 88 (8): 1073-6. doi:10.1046/j.0007-1323.2001.01825.x. PMID 11488792.
- ^ Antoine Portal (1742-1832): Médecin, anatomiste français et historien de la médecine (French). Portraits de medicines. Archived from the original on 2007-07-14. Retrieved on 2007-07-16.
