Albert Besson
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Albert Besson was a French
hygienist, physician
and member of the French Academy of Medicine.
, during the battle of Verdun
, after saving wounded soldiers, and at first, was considered as dead *.
On the way to recovery, he went back to the Faculty of Medicine of Paris, and published his first work even before the end of World War I (see below), on relationship with the war diseases. Although he was originally a bacteriologist, he defended his thesis of medicine in the service of professor Levy-Valensi, psychiatrist, who remained one of his best friends.
Elected as general councillor of Paris in 1929, and deputy chairman of the council of Paris and of the Seine in 1933, he was back to medicine in 1936 as general director of the Town of Paris Laboratories.
In the 1950s he promoted the vaccination against poliomyelitis, looked after the water quality for the inhabitants of Paris, obtained a law forbidding the hooter in town, and was one of the first to alert the authorities and the public about atmospheric and acoustic pollution.
He was elected as a member of the French "Academie de Médecine" in 1956.
At the end of his life, he was also asked to give lectures about human habitation hygiene at the École Spéciale d'Architecture
in Paris, where future empress Farah Diba was one of his students. In this time, he was also elected as a member of the Agriculture Academy.
At the Academy of Medicine
, he was Professor Jean Quenu's colleague, Both had their summer residence in the fishers village of Audresselles
.
Albert Besson was painter Maurice Boitel
's father in law.
Sources:
Among the European physicians, he is the theorician of the architecture with large windows and use of impervious to water and parasitics materials, architecture which was developed by Le Corbusier
.
Two works of his own are registered at the institut Pasteur:
A fourth edition of this last book can also be found at the Universidad de Navarra/Navarra, Spain):
Publicac. Paris : Librairie J.-B. Baillière et Fils.
Edición 4e ed. ref. et augm.
France
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hygienist, physician
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
and member of the French Academy of Medicine.
Biography
In 1916, as officer cadet, he was seriously injured at the fort VauxFort Vaux
Fort Vaux, located in Vaux-Devant-Damloup, Meuse, France, became the second Fort to fall in the Battle of Verdun. The first fort to fall had been Fort Douaumont which was virtually undefended and had been captured by a small German raiding party in February 1916 . Fort de Vaux , on the other hand ,...
, during the battle of Verdun
Verdun
Verdun is a city in the Meuse department in Lorraine in north-eastern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.Verdun is the biggest city in Meuse, although the capital of the department is the slightly smaller city of Bar-le-Duc.- History :...
, after saving wounded soldiers, and at first, was considered as dead *.
On the way to recovery, he went back to the Faculty of Medicine of Paris, and published his first work even before the end of World War I (see below), on relationship with the war diseases. Although he was originally a bacteriologist, he defended his thesis of medicine in the service of professor Levy-Valensi, psychiatrist, who remained one of his best friends.
Elected as general councillor of Paris in 1929, and deputy chairman of the council of Paris and of the Seine in 1933, he was back to medicine in 1936 as general director of the Town of Paris Laboratories.
In the 1950s he promoted the vaccination against poliomyelitis, looked after the water quality for the inhabitants of Paris, obtained a law forbidding the hooter in town, and was one of the first to alert the authorities and the public about atmospheric and acoustic pollution.
He was elected as a member of the French "Academie de Médecine" in 1956.
At the end of his life, he was also asked to give lectures about human habitation hygiene at the École Spéciale d'Architecture
École Spéciale d'Architecture
The École Spéciale d'Architecture is a private school for architecture at 254, boulevard Raspail in Paris, France.The school was founded in 1865 by engineer Emile Trélat as reaction against the educational monopoly of Beaux-Arts architecture...
in Paris, where future empress Farah Diba was one of his students. In this time, he was also elected as a member of the Agriculture Academy.
At the Academy of Medicine
Académie Nationale de Médecine
Académie Nationale de Médecine, or National Academy of Medicine was created in 1820 by king Louis XVIII at the urging of baron Antoine Portal. At its inception, the institution was known as the Académie Royale de Médecine...
, he was Professor Jean Quenu's colleague, Both had their summer residence in the fishers village of Audresselles
Audresselles
Audresselles is a commune south of Cape Gris Nez in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.The commune covers about 2000 acres of cultivated lands, two beaches, and seashore cliffs...
.
Albert Besson was painter Maurice Boitel
Maurice Boitel
Maurice Boitel Maurice Boitel Maurice Boitel (July 31, 1919 – August 11, 2007 in Audresselles (Pas-de-Calais), was a French painter.-Artistic life:Maurice Boitel belonged to the art movement called "La Jeune Peinture" ("Young Picture") of the School of Paris, with painters like Bernard Buffet, Yves...
's father in law.
Sources:
- North and north-east Armees Great headquarter - general staff - order n°6,735 "D" 09/04/1918
- Bulletin of the National Academy of medicine ( election 24 April 1956, eulogyEulogyA eulogy is a speech or writing in praise of a person or thing, especially one recently deceased or retired. Eulogies may be given as part of funeral services. However, some denominations either discourage or do not permit eulogies at services to maintain respect for traditions...
the 17th January 1967) .
Publications
His main work is "l'hygiène de l'habitation", in which he made the link between medicine and architecture. At the beginning of the 20th century, slums were still numerous in the town centers, and Albert Besson put as an evidence that, dark, damp and overcrowded, they were the main source of epidemics, chiefly tuberculosis and diphtheria.Among the European physicians, he is the theorician of the architecture with large windows and use of impervious to water and parasitics materials, architecture which was developed by Le Corbusier
Le Corbusier
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret, better known as Le Corbusier , was a Swiss-born French architect, designer, urbanist, writer and painter, famous for being one of the pioneers of what now is called modern architecture. He was born in Switzerland and became a French citizen in 1930...
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Two works of his own are registered at the institut Pasteur:
- Questions d'hygiène et de technique hospitalières : de la construction et de l'aménagement des établissements hospitaliers / par le Docteur Albert Besson ; préf. de M. le Docteur Dujarric de la Rivière. - Paris : J. B. Baillière et Fils, 1951.
- Technique microbiologique et sérothérapique : (microbes pathogènes de l'homme et des animaux) ; guide du médecin et du vétérinaire pour les travaux de laboratoire / par le Dr Albert Besson. - 7e éd. ref. et augm.- Paris : J. B. Baillière et Fils, 1920.
A fourth edition of this last book can also be found at the Universidad de Navarra/Navarra, Spain):
- Technique microbiologique et sérothérapique : microbes pathogénes de l'homme et des animaux : guide du médecin et du veterinaire pour les travaux de laboratoire / par Albert Besson.
Publicac. Paris : Librairie J.-B. Baillière et Fils.
Edición 4e ed. ref. et augm.