Louis Alfred Becquerel (3 June 1814 – 10 March 1862) was a French

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and

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. Becquerel was born in Paris. He was the oldest son of

Antoine César Becquerel Antoine César Becquerel (7 March 178818 January 1878) was a French scientist and a pioneer in the study of electric and luminescent phenomena. Life He was born at Châtillon-sur-Loing (today Châtillon-Coligny). After passing through the École p ...

, and brother of

Alexandre Edmond Becquerel Alexandre-Edmond Becquerel (24 March 1820 – 11 May 1891), known as Edmond Becquerel, was a French physicist who studied the solar spectrum, magnetism, electricity and optics. He is credited with the discovery of the photovoltaic effect, the ope ...

. In 1840 he obtained his doctorate with the thesis "''Recherches cliniques sur les affections tuberculeuses du cerveau''", and in 1847 attained the title of ''

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''.Becquerel, Alfred
Biographisches Lexikon hervorragender Ärzte Becquerel died in Paris.

Selected works

*''Recherches cliniques sur la méningite des enfants'', 1838. *''Recherches cliniques sur les affections tuberculeuses du cerveau'', 1840. *''Traité du bégayement et des moyens de le guérir'', 1844. *''De l'empirisme en médecine'', 1844. *''La Séméiotique des urines, ou Traité des signes fournis par les urines dans les maladies'', 1845. *''Traité clinique des maladies de l'utérus'', 1859. *''Des applications de l'électricité à la thérapeutique médicale'', 1853, 2nd edition 1860. *''Traité élémentaire d'hygiène privée et publique'', Paris, Asselin, 1854, 4th edition 1868.

References

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