In 1922, Marie Curie became a fellow of which French medical academy?

In 1922, Marie Curie became a fellow of the French Academy of Medicine. Her election was notable because she was internationally celebrated as a physicist and chemist, yet the academy was a medical institution rather than a general scientific society.

Curie's connection to medicine grew from her work on radioactivity and its practical uses. During the First World War, she helped develop mobile radiography units—later nicknamed “petites Curies”—that brought X-ray equipment to field hospitals. She also promoted the medical application of radium and supported institutions combining laboratory research with patient care.

This fellowship is easily confused with the French Academy of Sciences. Curie was never elected to that academy, despite her Nobel Prizes and scientific stature. Her 1922 election instead belongs to the French Academy of Medicine, an important recognition of the clinical and therapeutic relevance of her work.