Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: theraputic nihilism

  • Pierre Charles Louis of the numerical method

    Pierre Charles Alexandre Louis (1787–1872) was a physician and epidemiologist who made significant contributions to medicine. He worked on the transmission of infectious diseases and developed the concept of “therapeutic nihilism” in the treatment of disease. Louis grew up during the French Revolution, studied medicine in Reims and Paris, and received his medical degree in…