About Arthur Fallot
Lived 1850 – 1911 (aged 60). Arthur Fallot was a French physician and professor.
Étienne-Louis Arthur Fallot (September 29, 1850, in Sète, Hérault – April 30, 1911) was a French physician.
Fallot attended medical school in Montpellier in 1867. While in residence in Marseille he wrote a thesis on pneumothorax. In 1888 he was made Professor of Hygiene and Legal Medicine in Marseille. In 1888 Fallot described in detail the four anatomical characteristics of tetralogy of Fallot, a congenital heart defect responsible for blue baby syndrome.
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Who was Arthur Fallot?
French physician
When was Arthur Fallot born?
Arthur Fallot was born on 29 September 1850 in Sète.
When did Arthur Fallot die?
Arthur Fallot died on 30 April 1911 in Marseille.
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Arthur Fallot was a physician and professor.
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Arthur Fallot was French.
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