Raphaël Blanchard, parasitology, and the positioning of medical entomology in Paris
Osborne, M.A.; Blanchard, R.ël.
Parassitologia 50(3-4): 213-220
2008
ISSN/ISBN: 0048-2951 PMID: 20055230 Document Number: 627742
The histories of medical entomology and parasitology are entwined. Raphaël Blanchard (1857-1919), Chair of Medical Natural History and Parasitology at the Faculty of Medicine in Paris, organized the teaching of medical entomology and civilian colonial medicine. He also founded and edited the journal Archives de Parasitologie and started the Institute de Médecine Coloniale where he mentored many foreign students and researchers. Additionally, Blanchard is important for his scientific internationalism and medical historical work on the cultural location of parasitology and for training the future professors of parasitology Jules Guiart, Emile Brumpt, and Charles Joyeux.