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Magendie

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[ma-zhahn-dee] / ma ʒɑ̃ˈdi /

noun

  1. François 1783–1855, French physiologist.


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Her name was Margot Magendie, I found, and she was an heiress as well as a beauty.

From The Return Of The Soul 1896 by Robert Smythe Hichens

Magendie thus accounts for the production of the voice.

From Mind Amongst the Spindles by Various

Thus, in a recent article on Magendie to which reference has been made, we are furnished with a long list of such additions to our knowledge.

From Vivisection by Albert Leffingwell

Magendie attributes the nutritious principle to the greater or lesser proportion of nitrogen or azote.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen

They had failed, and instead of liberty to imitate Be'rnard, Magendie, and Brown-Se'quard, they saw between them and the absolute power they had craved and dreamed of obtaining, the majesty of English law.

From An Ethical Problem Or, Sidelights upon Scientific Experimentation on Man and Animals by Albert Leffingwell

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