Henri Mondor
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Henri Mondor was a French physician, surgeon, and a historian of French literature and medicine. He was born on 20th of May 1885 in Saint-Cernin in France and died on the 6th of April 1962. He was a professor of clinical surgery in Paris and became a member of The National Academy of Medicine in 1945, The French Academy in 1946 and The Academy of Science in 1961.
He is well known for his studies of rectal cancer and urgent diagnosis. Mondor's disease (thrombophlebitis of the superficial veins of the breast and anterior chest wall) is named after him.
| Preceded by Paul Valéry |
Seat 38 Académie française 1946–1962 |
Succeeded by Louis Armand |
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