# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/francois-magendie
# Generated: 2026-08-14T10:44:28.693Z

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name: "François Magendie"
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description: "François Magendie was a French physiologist, considered a pioneer of experimental physiology. He is known for describing the foramen of Magendie. There is also a Magendie sign, a downward and inward rotation of the eye due to a lesion in the cerebellum. Magendie was a member of the faculty at the College of France, holding the Chair of Medicine from 1830 to 1855."
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birthDate: "1783-10-06"
deathDate: "1855-10-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump