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Charles-Eugène Quinquaud

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Charles-Eugène Quinquaud (26 December 1841, Lafat – 9 January 1894, Paris) was a French internist and dermatologist.

He studied medicine in Limoges and Paris, receiving his doctorate in 1873. While working as a hospital interne, he was influenced by Pierre-Antoine-Ernest Bazin to study dermatology. In 1878 he became médecin des hôpitaux, obtained his agrégation in 1883, and from 1886 served as chef de service at the Hôpital Saint-Louis in Paris. During his career, he worked closely with dermatologists Ernest Besnier, Jean Alfred Fournier and Émile Vidal. In 1892 he was elected as a member of the Académie de Médecine.[1]

In 1888 he described folliculitis decalvans, a scalp disease sometimes referred to as "Quinquaud’s disease".[2][3] His name is also associated with "Quinquaud's sign", a form of finger tremor with a sideways finger movement from the interossei.[4] The phenomenon was first described in alcoholics, and its description was first published by a student of Quinquaud's, six years after his death.[5]

In 1882, with physiologist Nestor Gréhant, he developed a method for determining blood volume through the use of carbon monoxide.[1][6]

Selected writings

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  • Étude sur les affections articulaires (first fascicle), 1876.
  • Mesure de la quantité de sang contenu dans l'organisme d'un mammifère vivant (with Nestor Gréhant), 1882.
  • Traité technique de chimie biologique, 1883.
  • De la scrofule dans ses rapports avec la phtisie pulmonaire, 1883.
  • Folliculite épilate décalvante. Réunions clin. Hôpital St. Louis, Comptes rendus. Paris, 1888-1889, 9: 17.
  • Folliculite destructive des régions velues. Bulletins et memoires de la Société medicale des hôpitaux de Paris, 1888, 5: 95-98.[3]
  • Études de thérapeutique expérimentale et clinique, 1892.[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b Charles Eugene Quinquaud at Who Named It
  2. ^ Folliculitis decalvans: why is there no established treatment? Expert Review of Dermatology
  3. ^ a b Quinquaud's disease at Who Named It
  4. ^ Quinquaud's phenomenon or sign at Who Named It
  5. ^ Companion to Clinical Neurology by William Pryse-Phillips
  6. ^ American Physiological Society (1887- ); HighWire Press (1921). American Journal of Physiology. American Physiological Society. p. 314. Retrieved 18 March 2016.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ IDREF.fr bibliography
  8. ^ International Plant Names Index.  Quinq.