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Émile Vidal

1825 – 1893

French dermatologist

Dermatologist
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About Émile Vidal

Lived 1825 – 1893 (aged 67). Émile Vidal was a French dermatologist.

Jean Baptiste Émile Vidal (18 June 1825 – 16 June 1893) was a French dermatologist who was a native of Paris.

He studied medicine in Tours and Paris, becoming médecin des hôpitaux in 1862. For much of his career he was associated with the Hôpital Saint-Louis (1867–1890) in Paris. In 1883 he became a member of the Académie de Médecine.

In 1893, Vidal was the first to recognize and define the transmission of herpes simplex virus from one person to another.

He is remembered for his investigations of lupus and skin lichenification. His name is associated with "pityriasis circinata et marginata of Vidal", a disorder that is synonymous to pityriasis rosea, and "Vidal's disease", an historical name for lichen simplex chronicus.

Publications Considérations sur le rhumatisme articulaire chronique primitif, 1855 Du Pityriasis, 1877 Inoculabilité de quelques affections cutanées, 1877 Du pityriasis circiné et marginé, 1882 Étude sur le mycosis fongoïde with L .Brocq, Paris : A. Delahaye et E. Lecrosnier, 1885 Acne molluscum contagiosum" généralisée ; acné varioliforme (de Bazin) généralisée, 1889.

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Important facts

Birth century
Occupation
Dermatologist
Nationality
Awards
Officer of the Legion of Honour; Knight of the Legion of Honour
Also known as
Émile Jean-Baptiste Vidal, Jean Baptiste Émile Vidal

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Émile Vidal's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Émile Vidal?

French dermatologist (1825-1893)

When was Émile Vidal born?

Émile Vidal was born on 18 June 1825 in Paris.

When did Émile Vidal die?

Émile Vidal died on 16 June 1893 in Paris.

What was Émile Vidal's occupation?

Émile Vidal was a dermatologist.

What nationality was Émile Vidal?

Émile Vidal was French.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Émile Vidal

· Wikidata: Q3170582

· DBpedia: Émile Vidal

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