title: The eminent French pathologist Jean Cruveilhier (1791-1874) and his works on cancer.
abstract: The French anatomist and pathologist Jean Cruveilhier held the first chair of pathology in the Paris Faculty. Among his scientific works, cancer was greatly profited by his researches.
authors.affiliation: Institute of History of Medicine, University Claude Bernard, Lyon, France. lyon48@otenet.gr
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Androutsos
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vladimiros
mesh_terms: D005602:France; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000266:history*; D010338:Pathology, Clinical / Q000266:history*