- Edouard Laguesse
Gustave-Edouard Laguesse (1861-1927) was a French
pathologist andhistologist who was a native ofDijon . In 1885 he received his medical doctorate inParis and subsequently practiced medicine inLille .Laguesse is remembered for his patho-histological work with the
pancreas . In 1893 he named the small cellular clusters of the pancreas the "Islets of Langerhans ", in honor of their discovererPaul Langerhans (1847-1888). However, at the time of their discovery, Langerhans attached no importance to these structures. Laguesse postulated that the Islets of Langerhans produced secretions that played a regulatory role in digestion. Laguesse's research was considered a major step on the path of discovery of a newhormone in the early days ofendocrinology .References
* [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://www.chru-lille.fr/Chru-musee2/Memoire/Medecins/48029.asp&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=7&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2522Edouard%2BLaguesse%2522%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG Biography of Edouard Laguesse]
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