Louis-Jules Béhier (26 August 1813 in

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– 7 May 1876 in Paris) was a French physician. In 1837 he received his doctorate at Paris with the dissertation-thesis "''Recherches sur quelques points de pathologie''". In 1844 he obtained his agrégation and in 1849 became ''médecin des hôpitaux''. In 1864 he attained the chair of internal pathology at the faculty of medicine in Paris. As a professor, he was associated with the

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(1864–67), Hôpital Pitié (1867–69) and the Hôtel-Dieu (1869–76). In 1866 he became a member of the Académie nationale de médecine (section for

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). He is credited with the popularization of the

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in France, a device that had been invented in 1853. He is also known for his pioneer experimentation with the opiate narceine, and for his advocacy of

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(cold water baths) and alcohol (a "Todd's mixture" containing brandy) for the treatment of

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. With

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Alfred Hardy, he is associated with the eponym "Béhier-Hardy symptom" (also known as "Béhier-Hardy aphonia"), described as the loss of voice as a sign of the early stages of pulmonary gangrene.

Selected works

* ''Traité élémentaire de pathologie'' (with Alfred Hardy), (3 volumes, 1844–55). * ''Conférences de clinique médicale, faites à la Pitié, 1861-1862'' (with Albert Louis Menjaud and

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), 1864. * "A Contribution to the history of Leucemia (Intestinal Leucemia)", (In English, 1868). * ''Transfusion du sang : opérée avec succès chez une jeune femme'', 1874. * ''Sur le traitement du rhumatisme'', 1876.IDREF.fr
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Behier, Jules 1813 births 1876 deaths Scientists from Paris Academic staff of the University of Paris French pathologists