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de Léobardy Joseph
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De Léobardy, Joseph File 1823 Professor Joseph de Léobardy directed the medical school and was chief physician at the hospital in Limoges. In the 1920s, he was the first physician in France to treat collapsed lungs, and he published studies on silicosis, an illness that he had placed in the catalogue of work-related injuries. During the Second World War, although it was forbidden to hire Jews under the Vichy race laws, Léobardy employed Jewish physicians in his clinic and employed many Jewish students in his medical school so that they could continue their studies. Two physicians who owe their lives...
Nationality : France
Fate : Survived
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