Albert Touraine (11 November 1883 – 3 May 1961) was a French

dermatologist Dermatology is the branch of medicine dealing with the skin.''Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.'' Random House, Inc. 2001. Page 537. . It is a speciality with both medical and surgical aspects. A dermatologist is a specialist medica ...

. He studied medicine at the

University of Paris , image_name = Coat of arms of the University of Paris.svg , image_size = 150px , caption = Coat of Arms , latin_name = Universitas magistrorum et scholarium Parisiensis , motto = ''Hic et ubique terrarum'' (Latin) , mottoeng = Here and a ...

as a pupil of

Eugène Apert Eugène Charles Apert (27 July 1868 – 2 February 1940) was a French pediatrician born in Paris. He received his doctorate in 1897 and afterwards was associated with the Hôtel-Dieu and Hôpital Saint-Louis. From 1919 until 1934, he worked ...

and

Émile Achard Émile Charles Achard (24 July 1860 – 7 August 1944) was a French internist born in Paris. In Paris, he served as ''médecin des hôpitaux'' (from 1893), later becoming a professor of general pathology and therapeutics. In 1910, he was appo ...

. In 1912 he received his doctorate with the thesis ''Les anticorps syphilitiques : essais de séro-agglutination de la syphilis''. In 1932 he was named senior physician at the

Hôpital Saint-Louis Hôpital Saint-Louis is a hospital in Paris, France. It was built in 1611 by architect Claude Vellefaux at the request of Henry IV of France. It is part of the Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris hospital system, and it is located at 1 avenue ...

Hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia Hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia is one of about 150 types of ectodermal dysplasia in humans. Before birth, these disorders result in the abnormal development of structures including the skin, hair, nails, teeth, and sweat glands.Freedberg, et ...

(or "Christ-Siemens-Touraine syndrome") is named for him. Touraine-Solente-Gole syndrome is also named for him. For eighteen years he was editor of the journal ''Annales de dermatologie et de syphiligraphie''. In 1945 he was elected as a member of the

Académie de médecine An academy ( Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy ...

.Albert Touraine (1883-1961)
Bibliothèque Nationale de France

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French dermatologists University of Paris alumni Scientists from Paris 1961 deaths 1883 births {{france-med-bio-stub