Pierre Charles Alexandre Louis
Pierre-Charles-Alexandre Louis was a French physician, clinician and pathologist known for his studies on tuberculosis, typhoid fever, and pneumonia, but Louis's greatest contribution to medicine was the development of the "numerical method", forerunner to epidemiology and the modern clinical trial, paving the path for evidence-based medicine.
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- Born in
- Aÿ
- Educated at
- University of Paris
- Awards
- 🏆 Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Doctoral Advisors
- 🎓 René Laennec
- Doctoral Students
- 📖 Hermann Lebert
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1787
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Birth1872
Died
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