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Place of Birth: Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-RhĂ´ne-Alpes, France
About Victor Pachon
- Michel Victor Pachon (May 26, 1867 – 1938) was a French physiologist born in Clermont-Ferrand. In 1892 he earned his doctorate at the University of Paris, and later became a chief assistant in Paris to physiologists Charles Richet (1850-1935) and Eugène Gley (1857–1930).
- In 1911 he became a professor of physiology at the medical faculty of the University of Bordeaux.
- Today, this institution is named "Faculte de médecine Victor Pachon" in his honor.
- Pachon is remembered for his work involving blood pressure and oscillometry; which is defined as the measurement of oscillations used in cardiovascular and respiratory physiology.
- In 1909 Pachon developed a sphygmographic oscillometer for measuring arterial blood pressure.
- Pachon's oscillometer was widely used by doctors and technicians during the first half of the twentieth century.
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