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Claude Bernard, detail of a lithograph by A. Laemlein, 1858
Claude Bernard Summary
Claude Bernard was a French physiologist known chiefly for his discoveries concerning the role of the pancreas in digestion, the glycogenic function of the liver, and the regulation of the blood supply by the vasomotor nerves. On a broader stage, Bernard played a role in establishing the principles