Robert Degos (1904–1987) was a French
dermatologist
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who described several
dermatoses
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including
Degos disease
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which he first described in a seminal paper published in 1942 in the French journal of dermatology and syphilology.
Life and work
He became an "
interne des Hopitaux de Paris" in 1926 and trained at the Hopital Broca before joining the
Hopital Saint-Louis in 1931 in the Department of another renown dermatologist,
Gaston Auguste Milian.
But it is
Henri Gougerot
Henri Gougerot (July 2, 1881 – 1955) was a French dermatologist born in Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine. Gougerot is remembered for his work with numerous dermatological disorders.
In 1908 he earned his doctorate from the University of Paris, and ...
in whose department he worked and trained in 1933 as "chef de clinique" - and who ultimately became his mentor - who influenced his choice of specializing in
dermatology
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.
Degos became the "Chair in skin and
syphilitic
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diseases" and chief of the first department of Dermatology at the
Hopital Saint-Louis in 1951.
He was widely published including a classic textbook, ''Dermatologie'', that was "the bible of all French Dermatologists for several decades and reflects the type of Dermatology Prof. Degos practiced, conceptualized and taught".
Since its first publication in 1953, ''Dermatologie'' has undergone several editions and updates.
Key publications
*Degos R, Delort J, and Tricot R. 1942. "Dermatite papulosquameuse atrophiante" ''Bulletin de la Société Française de Dermatologie et de Syphiligraphie'' 49: 148–150.
*Degos, R. 1952. ''La Dermatologie.'' 4. éd. Les Petits Précis. Paris: Maloine.
*Degos, R. 1953. ''Dermatologie.'' Collection Médico-chirurgicale à Révision Annuelle. Paris: Flammarion.
References
External links
Robert Degos@
Who Named It
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Köhlmeier-Degos syndromeWho named it?
@ Université Paris Descartes
ROBERT DEGOS (1904-1987), SA VIE, SON OEUVRE
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French dermatologists
University of Paris alumni
1904 births
1987 deaths
20th-century French physicians