Louis Ranvier (1835-1922): the contribution of microscopy to physiology, and the renewal of French general anatomy Jean-Gaël Barbara To cite this version: Jean-Gaël Barbara. Louis Ranvier (1835-1922): the contribution of microscopy to physiology, and the renewal of French general anatomy. Journal of the History of the Neurosciences, Taylor & Francis (Routledge): STM, Behavioural Science and Public Health Titles, 2007, 10.1080/09647040600685503. hal-03110629 HAL Id: hal-03110629 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03110629 Submitted on 14 Jan 2021 HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access L’archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est archive for the deposit and dissemination of sci- destinée au dépôt et à la diffusion de documents entific research documents, whether they are pub- scientifiques de niveau recherche, publiés ou non, lished or not. The documents may come from émanant des établissements d’enseignement et de teaching and research institutions in France or recherche français ou étrangers, des laboratoires abroad, or from public or private research centers. publics ou privés. Louis Ranvier (1835-1922): the contribution of microscopy to physiology, and the renewal of French general anatomy Version auteur de : J.G. Barbara, 2007, « Louis Ranvier (1835-1922): the contribution of microscopy to physiology, and the renewal of French general anatomy », Journal of the History of the Neurosciences, 16, 413-431 , ISSN: 0964-704X. Jean-Gaël Barbara. CNRS, UMR7102 – REHSEIS, Université Pierre et Marie Curie. Case 14, 7, quai Saint Bernard, 75005, Paris. Tel: 00 33 1 44 27 25 87, E-mail: jean-
[email protected] ABSTRACT The French neurohistologist Louis-Antoine Ranvier (1835-1922), somewhat neglected in classical histories of XIXth century studies on the nervous system, developed a personal style, traditionally referred to as a synthesis between histology and physiology.