Pierre Louis Alphée Cazenave
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Pierre Louis Alphée Cazenave (1795 – 1877) was a French dermatologist who practiced medicine at the Hôpital Saint-Louis
in Paris
.
In 1823 he was appointed interne to the hospitals of Paris, and in 1835 became professor agrégé to the medical faculty. Cazenave was a student of Laurent-Théodore Biett
, a physician who introduced into France an anatomical approach for analysis of skin disorders. This analytical method was first developed by two English physicians; Robert Willan
and Thomas Bateman
.
In 1828 with Henri Édouard Schedel, he published a work based on Biett's lectures and observations titled Abregé pratique des maladies de la peau. This compilation was to become a highly influential text regarding dermatology in the mid-19th century. From 1844 until 1852, Cazenave was editor of Annales des Maladies de la Peau et de la Syphilis, which was a journal dedicated to scientific dermatology.
He is credited with coining the term "lupus erythematosus
", which he derived from Biett's symptomatic descriptions of the disease. In 1844 he described pemphigus foliaceus
as a special type of pemphigus
.
Hôpital Saint-Louis
Hôpital Saint-Louis is a hospital in Paris, France. It is part of the Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris hospital system, and it is located at 1 avenue Claude-Vellefaux, in the 10th arrondissement, near the metro station: Goncourt.-External links:*...
in Paris
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...
.
In 1823 he was appointed interne to the hospitals of Paris, and in 1835 became professor agrégé to the medical faculty. Cazenave was a student of Laurent-Théodore Biett
Laurent-Théodore Biett
Laurent-Théodore Biett was a Swiss-born dermatologist from Schams in the canton of Graubünden. He is chiefly remembered for introducing into France an anatomical methodology of analyzing skin diseases; a system that was first developed by British dermatologist Robert Willan .In 1786 he moved with...
, a physician who introduced into France an anatomical approach for analysis of skin disorders. This analytical method was first developed by two English physicians; Robert Willan
Robert Willan
Robert Willan was an English physician and the founder of dermatology as a medical specialty. He received his MD at Edinburgh in 1780 and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1809...
and Thomas Bateman
Thomas Bateman (physician)
Thomas Bateman was a British physician and a pioneer in the field of dermatology who was a native of Whitby, Yorkshire.He earned his medical degree from the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary School of Medicine...
.
In 1828 with Henri Édouard Schedel, he published a work based on Biett's lectures and observations titled Abregé pratique des maladies de la peau. This compilation was to become a highly influential text regarding dermatology in the mid-19th century. From 1844 until 1852, Cazenave was editor of Annales des Maladies de la Peau et de la Syphilis, which was a journal dedicated to scientific dermatology.
He is credited with coining the term "lupus erythematosus
Lupus erythematosus
Lupus erythematosus is a category for a collection of diseases with similar underlying problems with immunity . Symptoms of these diseases can affect many different body systems, including joints, skin, kidneys, blood cells, heart, and lungs...
", which he derived from Biett's symptomatic descriptions of the disease. In 1844 he described pemphigus foliaceus
Pemphigus foliaceus
Pemphigus foliaceus is an autoimmune blistering disease of the skin and mucous membranes with characteristic lesions that are scaly, crusted erosions, often on an erythematous base...
as a special type of pemphigus
Pemphigus
Pemphigus is a rare group of blistering autoimmune diseases that affect the skin and mucous membranes.In pemphigus, autoantibodies form against desmoglein. Desmoglein forms the "glue" that attaches adjacent epidermal cells via attachment points called desmosomes...
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Selected writings
- Abrégé pratique des maladies de la peau d'après les auteurs les plus estimés, et surtout d'après les documents uisés dans les Leçons cliniques de M. Biett, with Henry Edward Schedel (1828)
- Traité des syphilides ou maladies vénériennes de la peau, précédé de considérations sur la syphilis etc (1843); German translation- 1844.
- Lecons sur les maladies de la peau profesés à l’École de médecine de Paris en 1841-44 (1845)
- Leçons sur les maladies de la peau (1856)