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

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and

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. He studied medicine in

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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 ''

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'' in 1883, and from 1886 served as ''chef de service'' at the

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in Paris. During his career, he worked closely with dermatologists

Ernest Besnier Ernest Henri Besnier (; 21 April 1831 – 15 May 1909, Paris) was a French dermatologist and medical director of the Hôpital Saint-Louis in Paris. Early life Ernest Besnier was born on 21 April 1831 in Honfleur, département Calvados. He ...

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and

Émile Vidal 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 wi ...

. In 1892 he was elected as a member of the

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.Charles Eugene Quinquaud
at

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In 1888 he described folliculitis decalvans, a scalp disease sometimes referred to as "Quinquaud’s disease".Quinquaud's disease
at Who Named It His name is also associated with "Quinquaud's sign", a form of finger tremor with a sideways finger movement from the

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. The phenomenon was first described in alcoholics, and its description was first published by a student of Quinquaud's, six years after his death. In 1882, with physiologist

Nestor Gréhant Nestor Louis François Gréhant (2 April 1838 in Laon – 26 March 1910) was a French physiologist. In 1864 he received his medical doctorate in Paris, where he later earned a doctorate in natural sciences (1870). He served as a préparateur ...

, he developed a method for determining

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through the use of

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Selected writings

* ''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. * ''Études de thérapeutique expérimentale et clinique'', 1892.IDREF.fr
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