Henri Jules Louis Marie Rendu (24 July 1844 – 16 April 1902) was a French physician born in

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. He was related to

glaciologist Glaciology (; ) is the scientific study of glaciers, or more generally ice and natural phenomena that involve ice. Glaciology is an interdisciplinary Earth science that integrates geophysics, geology, physical geography, geomorphology, climato ...

Louis Rendu Louis Rendu (December 9, 1789 in Meyrin – August 28, 1859) was French Roman Catholic bishop of Annecy and a scientist. He was the author of ''Theorie des glaciers de la Savoie'', an important book on the mechanisms of glacial motion. The Rendu ...

(1789–1859). He initially received an education in sciences at the school of

agronomy Agronomy is the science and technology of producing and using plants by agriculture for food, fuel, fiber, chemicals, recreation, or land conservation. Agronomy has come to include research of plant genetics, plant physiology, meteorology, and ...

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, and from 1865 studied medicine in Paris, becoming an interne in 1868 at the

Hôpital Saint-Antoine Sorbonne University (french: Sorbonne Université; la Sorbonne: 'the Sorbonne') is a public research university located in Paris, France. The institution's legacy reaches back to 1257 when Sorbonne College was established by Robert de Sorbon ...

. He served as a military

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during the Franco-Prussian War, and a few years later worked in the department of Pierre Potain (1825–1901) at the Hôpital Necker in Paris. In 1877 he became ''médecin des hôpitaux'', earning his

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the following year with a dissertation on chronic

nephritis Nephritis is inflammation of the kidneys and may involve the glomeruli, tubules, or interstitial tissue surrounding the glomeruli and tubules. It is one of several different types of nephropathy. Types * Glomerulonephritis is inflammation of th ...

called ''Etude comparative des néphrites chroniques''. In 1885 he was appointed head of the department of medicine at Hôpital Necker, a position he maintained for the rest of his career. In 1897 Rendu was elected to the

Académie Nationale de Médecine Situated at 16 Rue Bonaparte in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, the Académie nationale de médecine (National Academy of Medicine) was created in 1820 by King Louis XVIII at the urging of baron Antoine Portal. At its inception, the instituti ...

. He was a prolific writer, with many of his medical articles being published in the ''Bulletin de la Société anatomique de Paris'', of which he was its editor in 1873–74. Throughout his career he held an avid interest in

natural sciences Natural science is one of the branches of science concerned with the description, understanding and prediction of natural phenomena, based on empirical evidence from observation and experimentation. Mechanisms such as peer review and repeatab ...

, and spent considerable time as a

botanical Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek wo ...

collector.

Associated medical eponym

Rendu-Osler-Weber disease Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT), also known as Osler–Weber–Rendu disease and Osler–Weber–Rendu syndrome, is a rare autosomal dominant genetic disorder that leads to abnormal blood vessel formation in the skin, mucous membranes, ...

: A syndrome also known as

hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HHT), also known as Osler–Weber–Rendu disease and Osler–Weber–Rendu syndrome, is a rare autosomal dominant genetic disorder that leads to abnormal blood vessel formation in the skin, mucous membranes, ...

. Eponym named in conjunction with

Frederick Parkes Weber Frederick Parkes Weber (8 May 1863 – 2 June 1962) was an English dermatologist and author who practiced medicine in London. Background Weber's father, Sir Hermann David Weber (1823–1918), was a personal physician to Queen Victoria. ...

and

Sir William Osler Sir William Osler, 1st Baronet, (; July 12, 1849 – December 29, 1919) was a Canadian physician and one of the "Big Four" founding professors of Johns Hopkins Hospital. Osler created the first residency program for specialty training of phys ...

Written works

* ''Etude comparative des néphrites chroniques'', (1878). * ''Leçons de clinique médicale''. two volumes, Paris, (1890). * ''Epistaxis répétés chez un sujet porteur de petits angiomes cutanés et muqueux'', (1896).

References

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