Louis Frédéric Wickham
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Louis Frédéric WickhamLouis Frédéric Wickham (28 February 1861, Paris
– 14 October 1913, Mesnil-le-Roi
was a French
physician
and pathologist remembered for describing Wickham's striae
. He trained in medicine in Paris, receiving his M.D.
in 1890. He studied dermatology
at the Hôpital Saint-Louis in Paris before becoming physician at the Hôpital Saint-Lazare in 1897. After 1905 he worked on research into radium
.
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
– 14 October 1913, Mesnil-le-Roi
Le Mesnil-le-Roi
Le Mesnil-le-Roi is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is about from Saint-Germain-en-Laye....
was a French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
physician
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
and pathologist remembered for describing Wickham's striae
Wickham striae
Wickham striae are whitish lines visible in the papules of lichen planus and other dermatoses, typically the macroscopic appearance of the histologic phenomenon hypergranulosis, and named for Louis Frédéric Wickham....
. He trained in medicine in Paris, receiving his M.D.
Doctor of Medicine
Doctor of Medicine is a doctoral degree for physicians. The degree is granted by medical schools...
in 1890. He studied dermatology
Dermatology
Dermatology is the branch of medicine dealing with the skin and its diseases, a unique specialty with both medical and surgical aspects. A dermatologist takes care of diseases, in the widest sense, and some cosmetic problems of the skin, scalp, hair, and nails....
at the Hôpital Saint-Louis in Paris before becoming physician at the Hôpital Saint-Lazare in 1897. After 1905 he worked on research into radium
Radium
Radium is a chemical element with atomic number 88, represented by the symbol Ra. Radium is an almost pure-white alkaline earth metal, but it readily oxidizes on exposure to air, becoming black in color. All isotopes of radium are highly radioactive, with the most stable isotope being radium-226,...
.