Charles Richet
French physiologist and parapsychologist (1850-1935)
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French physiologist who won the 1913 Nobel Prize for work on anaphylaxis, then spent decades chasing ectoplasm and spiritualist phenomena. His immunology credentials didn't transfer to the paranormal circuit.
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Charles Robert Richet was a French physiologist at the Collège de France and immunology pioneer. In 1913, he won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine "in recognition of his work on anaphylaxis". Richet devoted many years to the study of paranormal and spiritualist phenomena, coining the term "ectoplasm". He believed in the inferiority of black people, was a proponent of eugenics, and presided over the French Eugenics Society towards the end of his life. The Richet line of professorships of medical science continued through his son Charles and his grandson Gabriel. Gabriel Richet was also…
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