Marcelle de Heredia Lapicque

Marcelle de Heredia Lapicque

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Marcelle de Heredia Lapicque (1873 – 1960) was a French neurophysiologist known for her research on nerve impulses (chronaxie) and the effects of poisons, especially strychnine, on chronaxie. She was in charge of the Laboratoire des Hautes-Études General Physiology laboratory until her death. 

Marcelle Lapicque, though overshadowed in by her husband, Louis Lapicque, was an influential scientist in her own right, publishing many papers as sole author and holding a membership to the Société de Biologie. Louis Lapicque "insisted on the importance of his wife as equal co-worker in all his research".

She was the daughter of Cuban-born, French politician Severiano de Heredia and cousin to Maria de Heredia de Regnier

Louis and Marcelle visited Harvard University on diplomatic visas in 1929, entering the USA on January 11th of that year.  The purpose of their trip was to see Harvard's Medical School during their 20-day stay.

According to the records, she measured 5'5" and he 5'6". She was 55 and he was 63 years old at the time. It was her first time in the U.S. He had been to New York on a previously.

They made their home at 17 Rue Soufflet, Paris, France with their son, the artist Charles Lapicque