Alfred Vulpian

Edmé Félix Alfred Vulpian (5 January 1826 – 18 May 1887) was a French physician and neurologist.

He was the co-discoverer of Vulpian-Bernhardt spinal muscular atrophy and the Vulpian-Heidenhain-Sherrington phenomenon.

Among other noted discoveries and experiments, Vulpian discovered adrenaline in the adrenal medulla.

He was the first to use the term "fibrillation" to describe a chaotic irregular rhythm of the heart.

[1] A large marble statue has been erected to Vulpian, just at the end of Rue Antoine Dubois, a short distance from the Faculty of Medicine in which he once taught.