Charles-Paul Diday (1812 – January 8, 1894) was a French physician born in Bourg-en-Bresse. He studied medicine in Paris, and later became chief surgeon at the Antiquaille in

Lyon Lyon,, ; Occitan: ''Lion'', hist. ''Lionés'' also spelled in English as Lyons, is the third-largest city and second-largest metropolitan area of France. It is located at the confluence of the rivers Rhône and Saône, to the northwest of t ...

. He was founder of the ''Gazette médicale de Lyon'', and for 34 years was general secretary of the ''Société de Médecine'' in Lyon. He specialized in research of

venereal disease Sexually transmitted infections (STIs), also referred to as sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and the older term venereal diseases, are infections that are spread by sexual activity, especially vaginal intercourse, anal sex, and oral se ...

, particularly congenital syphilis. His ''Traite de la syphilis des nouveau-nes et des enfants a la mamelle'' (A Treatise on Syphilis in New-Born Children and Infants at the Breast) was considered a landmark work on congenital syphilis, and has been translated into English. In the prevention of the spread of venereal disease in France, Diday advocated mandatory distribution of

condom A condom is a sheath-shaped barrier device used during sexual intercourse to reduce the probability of pregnancy or a sexually transmitted infection (STI). There are both male and female condoms. With proper use—and use at every act of in ...

s in houses of prostitution. He also proposed that all individuals possess a medical certificate of health and disease as a "sanitary passport". Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Havelock Ellis, The Science of Procreation Diday believed that marriage was a prophylactic, stating: "Marriage prevents rapid consumption produced by the venereal excess by excluding the attraction of novelty and subjecting physical instinct to a more sublime moral goal".

Selected written works

* ''Traité de la syphilis des nouveau-nés et des enfants à la mamelle'' (Paris 1854, also translated into English and Italian) * ''Exposition critique et pratique des nouvelles doctrines sur la syphilis, suivie d'une étude sur denouveaux moyens préservatifs des maladies vénériennes'' (Paris, Londres et New York 1858) * ''Histoire naturelle de la syphilis, leçons professées à l'école pratique de la faculté de médecine de Paris en mars 1863''; (Paris 1863) * ''Thérapeutique des maladies vénériennes et des maladies cutanées'' (Paris 1876, with

Pierre Adolphe Adrien Doyon Pierre Adolphe Adrien Doyon (; November 1, 1827 – September 21, 1907) was a French dermatologist and balneologist born in Grenoble. From 1848 he was ''interne des hôpitaux'' at Lyon, where he became affiliated with the hospice of Antiquaill ...

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References

External links

Zeno.org
translated biography @ Pagel: Biographical Dictionary

Sociology of Syphilis in the Nineteenth Century 1812 births 1894 deaths People from Bourg-en-Bresse French dermatologists {{France-med-bio-stub