François Magendie

François Magendie

François Magendie was a French physiologist, considered a pioneer of experimental physiology. He is known for describing the foramen of Magendie. There is also a Magendie sign, a downward and inward rotation of the eye due to a lesion in the cerebellum. Magendie was a member of the faculty at the College of France, holding the Chair of Medicine from 1830 to 1855.