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Between 1933 and 1945, various initiatives to support scientists in exile were set up in France, notably with the creation of the Comité des Savants. Louis Rapkine, a biochemist at the Institut de biologie physico-chimique (IBPC), was the real linchpin of the rescue of these scientists forced to flee their country. This historical episode is also closely linked to the creation of the CNRS in 1939. We find the same actors: Jean Perrin, Henri Laugier, Paul Langevin, Irène Joliot-Curie... This…

In this second chapter of the DVD "Recoveries" featuring 18 short films on illness, care and the caregiver-patient relationship, Raphaël Mandressi, historian of medicine, retraces the history of hysteria. This condition or disorder has been mentioned since ancient times. Viewed as affecting specifically women, its causes were directly related to the woman's body, moods and sexuality. It caused mental disorders and patients were treated by fumigation. Mandressi discusses the work of Jean…