Richet

[ ri-shey; French ree-she ]

/ rɪˈʃeɪ; French riˈʃɛ /

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noun

Charles Ro·bert

[sharlraw-ber], /ʃarl rɔˈbɛr/, 1850–1935, French physician: Nobel prize 1913.

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I had a chance to work with Jean-François Richet, who directed Mesrine.
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The contact was only interrupted twice,—at the moment when Dr. Richet felt a pricking in his arm.
Mysterious Psychic Forces|Camille Flammarion
Richet remarked, as a sort of penalty, a fine for not being willing or not being able to marry.
The Non-religion of the Future: A Sociological Study|Jean-Marie Guyau
Young soldiers also, as M. Richet says, might be permitted to marry under certain conditions.
The Non-religion of the Future: A Sociological Study|Jean-Marie Guyau

Richet considers that the fusel oil contained in spirits constitutes the chief danger in the consumption of alcoholic beverages.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 3|Various
Bottazzi, like Lombroso and Richet, was aware that he had entered upon a long road.
The Shadow World|Hamlin Garland

Richet

[ rĭ-shā′, rē-shĕ′ ]

Charles Robert 1850-1935

French physiologist. He won a 1913 Nobel Prize for the discovery of anaphylaxis.