Henri Mitterand, Zola, tome III. L'Honneur, 1893-1902

Charles-Jules-Henri Nicolle

sia. Nicolle's many accomplishments include the discovery that epidemic typhus is transmitted by body lice (Pediculus humanis corporis), discovery of the phenomenon of inap-parent infection, and possibly the first isolation of human influenza virus after experimental transmission. Nicolle made many other fundamental contributions to knowledge of infectious diseases. This year is the centenary o...

Henri De Mondeville *

Henri ’ s Crystal Ball

O n April 10, 1908, at the general session of the Fourth International Congress of Mathematicians held in Rome, Gaston Darboux presented a talk by Henri Poincaré (1854–1912) entitled The Future of Mathematics (Poincaré was unfortunately unable to deliver the talk himself). The original can be found on the web at: http://gallica. bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k17083c/f934n10. capture. It is now a full c...

Arne Tiselius, 1902-1971.

Leopold Schenk (1840-1902).

Leopold Schenk attained international fame by his contributions to the science of embryology. The first chair of embryology in any medical school was established for him in the University of Vienna. This article briefly describes his life and his work.