Charles Richet
Charles Robert Richet (25 August 1850 – 4 December 1935) was a French
physiologist at the
Collège de France and
immunology pioneer. In 1913, he won the
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "in recognition of his work on
anaphylaxis". Richet devoted many years to the study of
paranormal and
spiritualist phenomena, coining the term "
ectoplasm". He believed in the inferiority of
black people, was a proponent of
eugenics, and presided over the French Eugenics Society towards the end of his life. The Richet line of professorships of medical science continued through his son Charles and his grandson Gabriel. Gabriel Richet was also one of the pioneers of European
nephrology.
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