[Claude Bernard pioneer of experimental medicine and clinical research]

With the publication of l”Introduction à l’étude de la médecine expérimentale (Introduction to the Study of Experimental Medicine) in 1865, Claude Bernard opened up a new concept in experimental methodology. By stressing the essential link between clinical observation, exploration of the “internal medium”, and animal studies, he established the founding principles of clinical research

Citation: Mornex R. [Claude Bernard pioneer of experimental medicine and clinical research]. Bulletin de l’Academie nationale de medecine 2010;194:1669-74.

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