title: Pol André Bouin, MD (1870-1962). Bouin's fixative and other contributions to medicine.
abstract: Pol André Bouin was a distinguished French scientist who gained international reputation at the turn of the century for his work in histology and reproductive endocrinology. His name has been retained eponymously in the fixative he described in 1897, today known as "Bouin's fixative." The fixative that bears his name is only one of many contributions he made to academic medicine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Hospital de Especialidades, Mexico City, Mexico.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ortiz-Hidalgo
mesh_terms: D004704:Endocrinology / Q000266:history; D005404:Fixatives; D005602:France; D006653:Histology / Q000266:history; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century
chemical_list: D005404:Fixatives