P. Blaud Explained

Jean-Pierre or Pierre Blaud (1773/1774, Nîmes – 8 May 1859, Beaucaire),^{[1] [2] [3]} often seen as P. Blaud of/de Beaucaire^{[4] [5]} was a French doctor of medicine who in 1832^[6] introduced and started the use of Blaud's pills or iron pills as a medication for patients with anemia.^[7] Blaud of Beaucaire was one of the leading physicians at the Hospital of Beaucaire (l'Hospital de Beaucaire) in France.^{[8] [9]}

Notes and References

1. Maurice Bouvet Les pilules de Blaud, Revue d'Histoire de la Pharmacie 145:118-123, 1955.
2. Walter Sneader, Drug Discovery: A History, John Wiley & Sons, 2005, page 44.
3. https://books.google.com/books?id=3nPYbI6ODecC&pg=PA596 BLAUD (Pierre)
4. [Fleetwood Churchill|Churchill, Fleetwood]
5. Anger Benjamin, and Sigismond Jaccoud. Blaud (de Beaucaire), Nouveau dictionnaire de médecine et de chirurgie pratiques, v. 14, J.B. Baillière et fils, 1871, published by Item notes: v. 14, page 577, original from Harvard University, digitized on December 3, 2007.
6. P. Blaud. Sur les maladies chlorotiques et sur un mode de traitement spécifique dans ses affections. Rev. Méd. Franç. Étrang., 1832: 45: 341-67.
7. , page 435.
8. https://books.google.com/books?id=Oe0EAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA339
9. Office of the Surgeon-General of the United States, Joseph K. Barnes, Public Health Service of the United States, John Maynard Woodworth, Ely McClellan, John Charles Peters, John Shaw Billings, President Grant (1869-1877) of the United States, Public Health Service. Blaud (P.), Beaucaire, The cholera epidemic of 1873 in the United States, published by the Government Press Office, United States, 1875, original from Harvard University, digitized on October 11, 2007, 1053 pages, page 757.