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Georges Fernand Widal

Who

Georges Fernand Widal · Science & Medicine

What

Physician who devised the Widal test for diagnosing typhoid fever.

When

1862, Dellys, Algeria — 1929, Paris, France

Where

France · Algeria

Biography

Georges Fernand Widal is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physician who devised the Widal test for diagnosing typhoid fever.

How & why

Georges Fernand Widal was a French physician who devised the Widal test in 1896, the first practical serological diagnosis of typhoid fever, and made important contributions to the understanding of salt retention in kidney disease and of hemolytic anemia. His diagnostic method was used worldwide for generations. He was born to a Jewish family in Dellys, in French Algeria.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology

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Physician who devised the Widal test for diagnosing typhoid fever.

1862

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology