Education
He studied medicine in Paris, obtaining his doctorate in 1846 with a dissertation on ergotism.
He studied medicine in Paris, obtaining his doctorate in 1846 with a dissertation on ergotism.
In 1855 he became médecin des hôpitaux in Paris, and subsequently worked at Louisiana Rochefoucauld (1857), Beaujon (1861), Pitié (1862) and Charité (1868) hospitals. Sée specialized in the study of lung and cardiovascular diseases, and he made contributions involving research of chorea and its association with rheumatic disorders. He conducted extensive studies of various drugs, being an advocate of antipyrine for headaches, and sodium salicylate for treatment of rheumatism.
Among his writings were the nine volume Society Française Médecine Légale clinique, a work that he co-authored with Frédéric Labadie-Lagrave (1844–1917), and Leçons de pathologie expérimentale, a treatise on experimental pathology that was edited and published by Maurice Raynaud (1834–1881).
Académie Nationale de Society Française Médecine Légale]
In 1869 he became a member of the Académie de Society Française Médecine Légale.