Marie Jean Pierre Flourens was a French physiologist, the founder of experimental brain science and a pioneer in anesthesia. He was born at Maureilhan, near Béziers, in the "département" of Hérault. At fifteen he began studying medicine at Montpellier, where in 1823 he received the degree of doctor. In the following year he went to Paris, carrying an introduction from A. P. de Candolle, the botanist, to Georges Cuvier, who received him kindly, … Wikipedia
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