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title: "Albert Londe"
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source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Londe"
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category: "reference"
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tags: "science, encyclopedia"
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Albert Londe (26 November 1858 – 11 September 1917) was a French photographer, medical researcher and chronophotographer. He is remembered for his work as a medical photographer at the Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris, funded by the Parisian authorities, as well as being a pioneer in X-ray photography.
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== Career at Salpêtrière ==
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In 1878, the neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot hired Londe as a medical photographer at the Salpêtrière Hospital. Londe spent two decades at the institution, becoming a significant figure in scientific photography of the era.
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Working alongside Étienne-Jules Marey (1830–1904), Londe performed many photographic experiments regarding movement. The layout of his laboratory at the Salpêtrière was modeled on Marey's renowned Station Physiologique.
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== Chronophotography and inventions ==
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In 1882, Londe devised a system to photograph the physical and muscular movements of patients, including individuals experiencing epileptic seizures. He accomplished this by using a camera with nine lenses triggering by electromagnetic energy. Using a metronome to time the release of the shutters sequentially, he was able to take photos onto glass plates in quick succession.
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A few years later, Londe developed a camera with twelve lenses to further study movement. The sequence of twelve pictures could be captured over durations ranging from 1/10 of a second to several seconds.
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Londe's cameras were used for medical studies of muscle movement in subjects performing actions as diverse as tightrope-walking and blacksmithing. Although the apparatus was primarily designed for medical research, Londe noted its portability and utilized it for other subjects, such as horses, other animals, and ocean waves.
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In conjunction with General Sobert, Londe developed a chronophotographic device used to study ballistics. Londe's images served as illustrations in several books widely read by the medical and artistic communities, most notably those by Paul Richer.
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== Selected publications ==
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Londe published several journals and books regarding his practice.
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Anatomie pathologique de la moelle epiniere (1891) (with Paul Oscar Blocq)
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La photographie médicale: Application aux sciences médicales et physiologiques (1893) – The first book on medical photography.
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Traité pratique de radiographie et de radioscope: technique et applications médicales (1898)
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== See also ==
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History of photography
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A Clinical Lesson at the Salpêtrière – 1887 group tableau portrait by André Brouillet
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== References ==
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== External links ==
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History of Cinematography
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Who's Who of Victorian Cinema |