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| Flourens, Pierre |
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(Marie Jean Pierre Flourens) (py r fl räNs´) (KEY) , 17941867, French physiologist. He demonstrated the respiratory center in the medulla and the function of the cerebellum in muscular coordination and studied bone formation. He was long a professor at the Collège de France. |
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