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Pierre Louis Eugène (Eugène) Dupuy

1847–1924

Mauritian-born physician. Studied medicine in Paris. Worked for the Red Cross during the Franco-Prussian War, 1870. Dedicated his doctoral thesis to his mentor and friend Charles Édouard Brown-Séquard. MD, University of London. Professor of experimental medicine at the London School of Medicine for Women, 1874. Worked in Claude Bernard’s laboratory, 1875. Secretary to Brown-Séquard in Paris, London, and America.

Sources

Celestin 2014, p. 150

Dictionary of Mauritian biography

Bibliography

Celestin, Louis-Cyril. 2014. Charles-Edouard Brown-Séquard: the biography of a tormented genius. London: Springer.

Dictionary of Mauritian biography: Dictionnaire de biographie mauricienne (Dictionary of Mauritian biography). 4 vols. to date. Port Louis, Mauritius: Société de l’histoire de l’Ile Maurice. [1941–.]

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