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'''Georges Henri Roger''' (1860-1946) was a French physician who studied medicine at the [[University of Paris]]. He was a student, and later assistant to [[pathologist]] [[Charles-Joseph Bouchard]] (1837-1915).
| name = Georges Henri Roger
| image = Henri Roger. Photomechanical print. Wellcome V0028196.jpg
| birth_name = Georges Eugène Henri Roger
| birth_date = 4 June 1860
| birth_place = [[Paris]], France
| death_date = 19 April 1956 (aged 85)
| death_place = [[Saint-Leu-la-Forêt]], France
| alma_mater = [[University of Paris]]
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'''Georges Eugène Henri Roger''' (4 June 1860 – 19 April 1946)<ref>[http://www.academie-medecine.fr/detailMembre.cfm?langue=fr&idRub=19&idLigne=128559] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224051055/http://www.academie-medecine.fr/detailMembre.cfm?langue=fr&idRub=19&idLigne=128559|date=2012-02-24}} Académie Nationale de Médecine</ref> was a French [[physiologist]]. He studied medicine in Paris, where he later became a professor of experimental [[pathology]] and physiology. In 1930 he was appointed dean of the medical faculty.
In the 1920s, Roger along with [[Georges-Fernand Widal]] (1862-1929) and Pierre Teissier (1864-1932) published the 22-volume ''Nouveau traité de médecine'' (New Treatise of Medicine), which was a comprehensive French masterpiece of [[anatomy]] and [[pathology]]. His name is lent to the eponymous ''Roger's reflex''; a term that is sometimes used to describe excessive salivation due to irritation of the lower part of the [[esophagus]].

In the field of experimental pathology, he performed research of [[cholelithiasis]] and [[hepatic]] disease. Among his written works were articles on diseases of the [[liver]], [[gastro-intestinal tract]] and [[spinal cord]]. In addition his 1897-98 lectures at the [[University of Paris]] were translated into English, and published as "Introduction to the Study of Medicine" (1901)
[[File:Guggiari junto a estudiantes de medicina (cropped).jpg|thumb|270x270px|Dr. Roger in [[Asunción]] with medical students and professors, as well as [[José Patricio Guggiari|President Guggiari]], 1930.]]
With [[Georges-Fernand Widal]] (1862-1929) and Pierre Teissier (1864-1932), he was co-author of the 22-volume ''Nouveau traité de médecine'' (New Treatise of Medicine), which was a comprehensive French masterpiece of [[anatomy]] and [[pathology]]. His name is lent to the eponymous "Roger's reflex"; a term that is sometimes used to describe excessive [[salivation]] due to irritation of the lower part of the [[esophagus]].<ref>[http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?Roger's+reflex Mondofacto Dictionary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304001948/http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?Roger's+reflex |date=2016-03-04 }} definition of eponym</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=l97NvcqURecC&dq=Roger+1860-1946&pg=PA341 Dictionary of medical eponyms] by Barry G. Firkin, Judith A. Whitworth
* [http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/pagerender.fcgi?artid=1321112&pageindex=1 Article about the ''Nouveau traité de médecine'']*
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* Dorlands Medical Dictionary, Roger's reflex

== External links ==
* {{cite journal | pmc = 1321112 | year = 1926 | last1 = Kofoid | first1 = C. A. | title = Nouveau Traité de Médecine | journal = American Journal of Public Health| volume = 16 | issue = 4 | pages = 416–417 | doi=10.2105/ajph.16.4.416}}
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=X78RAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Introduction+to+the+study+of+Medicine%22+Roger "Introduction to the study of medicine"] by Henri Roger, M. S. Gabriel

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Latest revision as of 13:47, 1 November 2024

Georges Henri Roger
Born
Georges Eugène Henri Roger

4 June 1860
Paris, France
Died19 April 1956 (aged 85)
Alma materUniversity of Paris

Georges Eugène Henri Roger (4 June 1860 – 19 April 1946)[1] was a French physiologist. He studied medicine in Paris, where he later became a professor of experimental pathology and physiology. In 1930 he was appointed dean of the medical faculty.

In the field of experimental pathology, he performed research of cholelithiasis and hepatic disease. Among his written works were articles on diseases of the liver, gastro-intestinal tract and spinal cord. In addition his 1897-98 lectures at the University of Paris were translated into English, and published as "Introduction to the Study of Medicine" (1901)

Dr. Roger in Asunción with medical students and professors, as well as President Guggiari, 1930.

With Georges-Fernand Widal (1862-1929) and Pierre Teissier (1864-1932), he was co-author of the 22-volume Nouveau traité de médecine (New Treatise of Medicine), which was a comprehensive French masterpiece of anatomy and pathology. His name is lent to the eponymous "Roger's reflex"; a term that is sometimes used to describe excessive salivation due to irritation of the lower part of the esophagus.[2]

References

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  1. ^ [1] Archived 2012-02-24 at the Wayback Machine Académie Nationale de Médecine
  2. ^ Mondofacto Dictionary Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine definition of eponym
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  • Kofoid, C. A. (1926). "Nouveau Traité de Médecine". American Journal of Public Health. 16 (4): 416–417. doi:10.2105/ajph.16.4.416. PMC 1321112.
  • "Introduction to the study of medicine" by Henri Roger, M. S. Gabriel