François Magendie

François Magendie was a French physiologist, professor, physician, and neurologist born in Bordeaux in 1783. He studied at the Paris Medical Faculty under Alexis Boyer and worked at the Collège de France, Hôtel-Dieu de Paris, and Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital. His professional affiliations included the Société Philomathique de Paris, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, the French Academy of Sciences, and the Académie Nationale de Médecine.

Magendie authored numerous works, including *A summary of physiology*, *Précis élémentaire de physiologie*, and *An elementary treatise on human physiology, on the basis of the Précis elémentaire de physiologie*. Other notable publications were *Formulario para la preparación y uso de varios medicamentos nuevos* and *Examen de l'action de quelques végétaux, sur la moelle épinière*. He spoke French and German and mentored doctoral student Moritz Schiff. Magendie died in Paris in 1855 and was buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery.