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Piere Louis (1787-1872)
French Physician, Clinician, Pathologist and Medical Statistician. He was renowned for his detailed studies of Tuberculosis, Pneumonia and Typhoid fever.
Louis’ greatest contribution to Medicine was the development of the “ Numerical Method” in 1823 ....it was a precursor to modern Epidemiology, which in turn paved the way for Clinical Trials and Evidence Based practice of Medicine today.
He proved bloodletting in the treatment of Pneumonia was ineffective
Medical Practitioners resistant to discontinuing the practice of blood- letting for febrile illness in 1823 were compelled to give it up by 1834 after Louis published an article based on his numerical data analysis of this treatment as a failure. He followed it up with a book length treatise published in 1834 through “The American Journal of the Medical Sciences” titled “An essay on Clinical Instruction” in 1834.
