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Jean Alfred Fournier (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ alfʁɛd fuʁnje]) (21 May 1832 – 23 December 1914) was a French dermatologist who specialized in the study of venereal disease. Biography. As a young man he served as an intern at the Hôpital du Midi as an understudy to Philippe Ricord (1800–1889).
Practice Essentials. Fournier gangrene was first identified in 1883, when the French venereologist Jean Alfred Fournier described a series in which 5 previously healthy young men suffered...
Oct 21, 2021 · FG is a rapidly spreading infection that spreads through the superficial and deep fascial layers in the perineal, genital, or perianal regions, causing multiple organ failure and septic shock. Jean Alfred Fournier, a French venereologist, was the first to discover it in 1883 [4,5].
- Gregory D Lewis, Maliha Majeed, Catherine A Olang, Arjun Patel, Vasavi Rakesh Gorantla, Nelson Davis...
- 10.7759/cureus.18948
- 2021
- Cureus. 2021 Oct; 13(10): e18948.
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Jean Alfred Fournier (1832-1914) was the first French syphilologist, the first professor of cutaneous and syphilitic diseases at the Paris Faculty of Medicine, and the most prominent European venereologist of the second half of the 19th century.
- Andrzej Grzybowski
- 2009
In amongst this peculiar group, we here remember Jean Alfred Fournier (1832-1914), the obligate venereologist, who, out of this innate overlap, forged a most fruitful and memorable career path.
Nov 23, 2010 · Jean Alfred Fournier (1832-1914) was the first French syphilologist, the first professor of cutaneous and syphilitic diseases at the Paris Faculty of Medicine, and the most prominent European venereologist of the second half of the 19 th century.
Jean-Alfred Fournier 1832–1914. M. Corman. Published in Journal of Neurology… 1 December 1988. History, Medicine. TLDR. Alfred Fournier is recognized as one of the pioneers in the diagnosis and management of verneral diseases and wrote extensively on chancre, gumma of the soft palate, tertiary lesions of the anus and rectum, and neurosyphilis.
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