In his biology career, he developed a treatment based on seawater injections that he called sérum de Quinton, which has been abandoned by medicine.

At the Collège de France, he met French physiologist Étienne-Jules Marey, who was working on the study of flight, and rapidly became his disciple and friend.

[6] The publication provoked disagreements and was met with resistance, nonetheless, it was the basis for therapeutic applications that Quinton would begin in the following years.

[6][7] Today, Quinton's book is published as part of the French cultural heritage, but its content is considered antiquated and the views it describes not valid.

[8] Quinton's theories led him to conclude “that Seawater is the "vital liquid" of all living beings and the means of curing all kinds of disease”.

The harvest was then immediately transported to Paris where it was sterilized without boiling or chemical products, brought to a specific saline concentration, and stored in vials.

It was also presented as a prenatal treatment to prevent the future baby(ies) from developing tuberculosis, syphilis or malaria, and to help expecting mothers with nausea.

[11] He proceeded to open and fund Parisian dispensaries, reserved for destitute patients, to treat, at no charge, these conditions.

In 1908, inspired by other countries offering rewards to creators of aircraft, as well as France's success in ballooning, René Quinton, along with Archdeacon and others, founded the Ligue Nationale Aérienne, of which he was president.

His goal was to set up a yearly subscription that would generate enough money to offer a prize to the first French creator to invent an ideal aircraft.

[17] Quinton also lobbied for the development of aircraft as an important way to spot injured soldiers and bring them to safety for care.

Throughout the war, his fellows and superiors described him as brave, composed and eager; Foch wrote the following about Quinton: “Officer of the rarest intrepidity, for whom it is impossible to resume the acts of bravery.

Continues to show the best example of composure, energy and drive.” He rose through the ranks to end the war as Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur, with multiple decorations.

Today, only the base of the statue remains and can be seen in its original location in the Champ de foire of Chaumes-en-Brie.