Background
Bickel, Marcel Henry was born on October 14, 1927 in Basel, Switzerland. Son of Maurice and Marguerite (Sigerist) Bickel.
Bickel, Marcel Henry was born on October 14, 1927 in Basel, Switzerland. Son of Maurice and Marguerite (Sigerist) Bickel.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Basel, 1959.
Assistant, Department Biochemistry, Basel, 1956-1959; lecturer to full professor department biochemistry, U. Bern Medical School, 1965-1971; professor, head department pharmacology, U. Bern Medical School, 1977-1993; collaborator department history of medicine, U. Bern Medical School, since 1993. Guest researcher Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome, 1959-1961. Visiting scientist, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland., 1961-1964.
Member Swiss Society Pharmacology (president 1983-1986), Swiss Society for the History of Medicine (president 1986-1988), American Association for History of Medicine.
Married Magdalena Frick, April 10, 1959. 1 child, Susanne M.