Alfred Vulpian
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Edmé Félix Alfred Vulpian (January 5, 1826 – May 18, 1887) was a French 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 neurologist
Neurologist
A neurologist is a physician who specializes in neurology, and is trained to investigate, or diagnose and treat neurological disorders.Neurology is the medical specialty related to the human nervous system. The nervous system encompasses the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves. A specialist...

. He was the co-discoverer of Vulpian-Bernard spinal muscular atrophy and the Vulpian-Heidenhain-Sherrington phenomenon
Vulpian-Heidenhain-Sherrington phenomenon
Vulpian–Heidenhain–Sherrington phenomenon is a term given for slow contraction of denervated skeletal muscle stimulating the autonomic cholinergic fibers innervating its blood vessels...

.

Vulpian was born in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...

, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

, in 1826. Among other noted discoveries and experiments, Vulpian discovered adrenaline in the adrenal medulla
Adrenal medulla
The adrenal medulla is part of the adrenal gland. It is located at the center of the gland, being surrounded by the adrenal cortex. It is the innermost part of the adrenal gland, consisting of cells that secrete epinephrine , norepinephrine , and a small amount of dopamine in response to...

. He was the first to use the term "fibrillation
Fibrillation
Fibrillation is the rapid, irregular, and unsynchronized contraction of muscle fibers. An important occurrence is with regards to the heart.-Cardiology:There are two major classes of cardiac fibrillation: atrial fibrillation and ventricular fibrillation....

" to describe a chaotic irregular rhythm of the heart.

Vulpian's monument in Paris

A big marble statue has been erected to Vulpian, just at the end of Rue Antoine Dubois, at little distance from the Faculty of Medicine in which he taught. In the basement, there is the following inscription: VULPIAN.

A statue of Vulpian is visisble in the 1960 film La Verité
La Vérité
La Vérité was the last album by Niagara. Niagara was one of the few French bands who had success and critical acclaim outside of France despite not singing in English, because of this they embarked on an international tour in 1991 which included many sold out concerts...

starring Brigitte Bardot.

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