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JAMA. 1966;196(12):1086.

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Pierre-Carl-Edouard Potain, outstanding descendant in a long line of physicians, is identified with Paris, where he was born, received his education from his parents and from self-instruction, and served as interne des hôpitaux. He received his medical degree from the University of Paris in 1853, presenting an inaugural thesis on vascular murmurs following hemorrhage.¹ Pursuing his academic career, he qualified in 1861 as adjunct professor in the Faculty of Medicine of the University and physician to the hospitals; in 1876, he was advanced to professor of clinical medicine. Working initially under Bouillaud, Potain later became chief of Bouillaud's clinic at la Charité, having been associated earlier with Sainte-Antoine and Necker Hospitals. The only interruption of civilian responsibilities came with the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 in which Potain chose to pass his tour of duty as an infantryman.

Potain's most prominent contributions to medicine concerned cardiovascular subjects and are noteworthy . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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