Maxime Vernois


Ange-Gabriel-Maxime Vernois was a French medical hygienist, known for his work in the field of occupational health and safety.
He studied medicine in Paris, and from 1834 worked as a medical interne under Gabriel Andral at the Hôpital de la Pitié. In 1837 he received his doctorate with a dissertation-thesis on arterial bruits. From 1844 he was associated with Bureau Central des Hôpitaux in Paris, then in 1848 began work as a physician at the Hôpital Saint-Antoine.
In 1852 he became a member of the Conseil d'hygiène publique et de salubrité for the département of Seine, serving as its vice-president in 1860. He was a co-founder of the Société de médecine légale, and in 1861 was elected as a member to the Académie de médecine.

Selected works

In 1862 he published an influential study of diseases and injuries to the hands associated with 150 different professions, titled "De la main des ouvriers et des artisans au point de vue de l'hygiène et de la médecine légale. Other noteworthy written works by Vernois are: