Ernest Mosny

Career

He is remembered for his work in the field of microbiology. With Joaquín Albarrán (1860-1912) he performed a series of tests in an attempt to find an antidote to the colon bacillus. In 1912 with biologist Edouard Dujardin-Beaumetz (1868-1947), he studied the effects of bubonic plague in two Alpine marmots during hibernation.

Reportedly, the marmots were able to survive 61 & 115 days after being injected with the disease.

In 1911 Mosny reported the first successful embolectomy, a direct arterial surgical procedure that was performed on the femoral artery.

Achievements

• Eventually the two scientists developed a vaccine that achieved a high degree of immunity in dogs and rabbits.

Membership

Mosny served as médecin des hopitaux in Paris, and was a member of the Académie de Society Française Médecine Légale and the Conseil supérieur d"hygiène.