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Denis Jourdanet (1 May 1815 – 6 May 1892) was a French physician and physiologist born in Juillan, Hautes-Pyrénées. He is remembered for pioneer studies of altitude sickness and hypoxia. As a wealthy physician, Jourdanet traveled extensively throughout mountainous regions of Mexico during the mid 19th century. Here he studied the effects of "mountain sickness" that climbers experienced at higher altitudes. From these studies he was the first person to make a connection between reduced atmospheric oxygen pressure and elevated erythrocyte (red blood cell) counts in humans. At the time Jourdanet referred to the condition as "barometric anoxemia". He was a friend and colleague to physiologist Paul Bert (1833–1886), to whom he provided the necessary equipment such as a decompression chamber for

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  • Denis Jourdanet (* 1. Mai 1815 in Juillan, Département Hautes-Pyrénées; † 6. Mai 1892 in Paris) war ein französischer Arzt und Physiologe. (de)
  • Denis Jourdanet (1 May 1815 – 6 May 1892) was a French physician and physiologist born in Juillan, Hautes-Pyrénées. He is remembered for pioneer studies of altitude sickness and hypoxia. As a wealthy physician, Jourdanet traveled extensively throughout mountainous regions of Mexico during the mid 19th century. Here he studied the effects of "mountain sickness" that climbers experienced at higher altitudes. From these studies he was the first person to make a connection between reduced atmospheric oxygen pressure and elevated erythrocyte (red blood cell) counts in humans. At the time Jourdanet referred to the condition as "barometric anoxemia". He was a friend and colleague to physiologist Paul Bert (1833–1886), to whom he provided the necessary equipment such as a decompression chamber for laboratory research of medical conditions caused by lowered oxygen pressure. (en)
  • Denis Jourdanet (1er mai 1815-6 mai 1892) est un médecin et physiologiste français né à Juillan (Hautes-Pyrénées) et mort à Paris. Il est connu pour ses études du mal d'altitude et de l'hypoxie. En tant que médecin fortuné, Jourdanet a beaucoup voyagé au travers des régions montagneuses du Mexique, au milieu du XIXe siècle. Là, il a étudié les effets du mal des montagnes, que les grimpeurs subissent aux altitudes les plus élevées. Il était un ami et collègue du physiologiste Paul Bert (1833-1886), à qui il a fourni l'équipement nécessaire, comme une chambre de décompression, pour la recherche en laboratoire des conditions médicales causées par une pression d'oxygène réduite. Il est aussi connu chez les mésoaméricanistes (spécialistes de la civilisation précolombienne), pour avoir traduit en français l'Histoire véridique de la conquête de la Nouvelle-Espagne, attribuée à Bernal Díaz, ainsi que de l'Histoire générale des choses de la Nouvelle Espagne de Bernardino de Sahagún ; ces traductions, publiées respectivement en 1876 (mais largement revues et corrigées en 1877) et en 1880, sont toujours rééditées. (fr)
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  • Denis Jourdanet (* 1. Mai 1815 in Juillan, Département Hautes-Pyrénées; † 6. Mai 1892 in Paris) war ein französischer Arzt und Physiologe. (de)
  • Denis Jourdanet (1 May 1815 – 6 May 1892) was a French physician and physiologist born in Juillan, Hautes-Pyrénées. He is remembered for pioneer studies of altitude sickness and hypoxia. As a wealthy physician, Jourdanet traveled extensively throughout mountainous regions of Mexico during the mid 19th century. Here he studied the effects of "mountain sickness" that climbers experienced at higher altitudes. From these studies he was the first person to make a connection between reduced atmospheric oxygen pressure and elevated erythrocyte (red blood cell) counts in humans. At the time Jourdanet referred to the condition as "barometric anoxemia". He was a friend and colleague to physiologist Paul Bert (1833–1886), to whom he provided the necessary equipment such as a decompression chamber for (en)
  • Denis Jourdanet (1er mai 1815-6 mai 1892) est un médecin et physiologiste français né à Juillan (Hautes-Pyrénées) et mort à Paris. Il est connu pour ses études du mal d'altitude et de l'hypoxie. En tant que médecin fortuné, Jourdanet a beaucoup voyagé au travers des régions montagneuses du Mexique, au milieu du XIXe siècle. Là, il a étudié les effets du mal des montagnes, que les grimpeurs subissent aux altitudes les plus élevées. (fr)
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  • Denis Jourdanet (de)
  • Denis Jourdanet (en)
  • Denis Jourdanet (fr)
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