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Charles Anglada
1809–1878
A 19th-century French physician and medical historian, he wrote about epidemics, contagion, toxicology, and the changing history of disease. His work is especially remembered for tracing how some illnesses fade from view while new ones emerge.
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About the author
Born in Montpellier on October 28, 1809, Charles Anglada was a French doctor, professor, and medical writer. He taught medical pathology at the Faculty of Medicine in Montpellier, served as the faculty's librarian, and was a founding member of the Académie des Sciences et Lettres de Montpellier.
Anglada wrote extensively on the history and theory of medicine. Among his notable works are Traité de la contagion and Étude sur les maladies éteintes et les maladies nouvelles, a study that looks at how diseases appear, change, and sometimes disappear over time. He also helped publish a posthumous edition of his father Joseph Anglada's Traité de toxicologie générale.
He was named a chevalier of the Légion d'honneur in 1869. Anglada died in Montpellier on April 4, 1878, leaving behind a body of work that connects medical practice with the long historical story of epidemics and public health.