Georges Fernand Widal
Georges Fernand Widal · Science & Medicine
Physician who devised the Widal test for diagnosing typhoid fever.
1862, Dellys, Algeria — 1929, Paris, France
France · Algeria
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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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Physician who devised the Widal test for diagnosing typhoid fever.
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