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Charles-Michel Billard (16 June 1800, Pellouailles-les-Vignes – 31 January 1832, Angers) was a French physician, best known for his research of pediatric diseases. He studied in Laval and Angers, then in 1824 relocated to Paris, where he found employment at the Hôpital des Enfants-Trouvés.
El primer médico a quien hoy podríamos considerar como pediatra en su sentido moderno, fue un francés, el doctor Charles Michel Billard (1800-1832) quien publicó en París en 1828 el Traité des Maladies des Enfants Nouveau - Nés et a la Mamelle .
En forma clara Charles-Michel Billard cambió la trayectoria de la Pediatría al establecer una objetiva base científica para los padecimientos de los neonatos y los niños pequeños, reconocido en Europa y Norteamérica.
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During the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries medicine transitioned into a more science-based discipline. This was primarily the result of gross pathology contributions of Giovanni Morgagni (1682-1772) of Padua and the later efforts of French physicians Jean Corvisart (1755-1821), F.X. Bichat (1771-1802), Rene Laennec (1781-1826), (Fig....
C-M Billard was born into poverty in 1800 near Angers (Loire), France, and was orphaned in early childhood. Fortunately, an unmarried aunt assumed his care and arranged for education. Billard was an exceptional student in school and in the College of Angers. From 1819-1824 he studied at the Secondary Medical School of Angers. Secondary medical scho...
Billard’s major works are his 1828 Traité, theTreatise on the Diseases of Newborn and Suckling Infants,1 translated into German, Italian, and English,2 with an Atlas of Pathologic Anatomy including ten hand-colored lithographs by Billard.6 He was very prolific, translating numerous foreign articles into French, publishing a two-volume French transl...
Clearly Charles-Michel Billard changed the trajectory of pediatrics by establishing an objective scientific basis for ailments of neonates and young children, recognized throughout Europe and North America. However, largely because he died so early in his career, he has been largely forgotten. In the major history of medicine texts he has been omit...
Billard C-M. Traité des Maladies des Enfans Nouveau-Nés et a la Mamelle: Paris: J-B Baillière, 1828.Billard C-M. A Treatise on the Diseases of Infants: Translated from the Third French edition with an Appendix, by J. Stewart. 1839, Adlard, New York.Beckwith, JB. Charles-Michel Billard (1800-1832): Pioneer of Infant Pathology. Pediatric and Devel: Pathology, 2002; 5: 248-56.Morgagni, GB. The Seats and Causes of Diseases Investigated by Anatomy: Translated from the Latin edition of 1761 by B. Alexander, London, 1769.Charles-Michel Billard (pronounced BeeYAHR) (Fig. 1), deserves to be remembered as a founder of perinatal and infantile pathology and as one of the great figures in the history of scientific pediatrics. In January 1826, Billard was beginning ser-vice as intern in the Hoˆpital des Enfants Trouve´s [Hospital for Foundling Infants] in Paris ...
- J. Bruce Beckwith
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Charles-Michel Billard, aussi connu sous le nom de D r Billard d’Angers, né le 16 juin 1800 à Pellouailles-les-Vignes (Maine-et-Loire) et mort le 21 janvier 1832, est un médecin français, spécialisé dans le développement de la vie et la naissance.
Charles-Michel Billard (1800-1832): pioneer of neonatal medicine. - PMC. Journal List. Arch Dis Child. v.65 (7 Spec No); 1990 Jul. PMC1590199. As a library, NLM provides access to scientific literature. Inclusion in an NLM database does not imply endorsement of, or agreement with, the contents by NLM or the National Institutes of Health.
