Louis Guillaume Joseph Doutrelepont (3 June 1834,

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– 30 April 1918,

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) was a German surgeon and

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. In 1858 he received his medical doctorate in

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, then furthered his education at the

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as a student of surgeon

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. In 1863 he obtained his habilitation for surgery and

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, and in 1869 was named an associate professor. As his career progressed his interest shifted towards dermatology, and through his initiative, an independent department of dermatology was created at the University of Bonn (1882). In 1894 he became an honorary full professor at the university.Doutrelepont, Louis Guillaume Joseph
In: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Band 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, , S. 89 f. From 1882 onward, he dedicated himself entirely to studies of

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and

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s. He is especially known for his research involving the etiology and treatment of

lupus vulgaris Lupus vulgaris (also known as tuberculosis luposa) are painful cutaneous tuberculosis skin lesions with nodular appearance, most often on the face around the nose, eyelids, lips, cheeks, ears and neck. It is the most common ''Mycobacterium tuberc ...

Selected writings

* ''Tuberkelbacillen im Lupus'', Monatsschrift für praktische Dermatologie II. No. 6. * ''Über Bacillen bei Syphilis'' (with Jos. Schütz), Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift, 1875. * ''Fall von Meningitis tuberculosa nach Lupus; Tuberkelbacillen im Blut'', Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift Nr. 7, 1885. * ''Zur Therapie des Rhinosclerom'', Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift, 1887. * ''Lupus und Hauttuberculose'', Deutsche medicinische Wochenschrift 1887. N0. 43. * ''Syphilis und Carcinom'', Deutsche medicinische Wochenschrift Leipzig, 1887, xiii. 1016-1018. * ''Über Haut- und Schleimhauttuberculose'', Deutsche medicinische Wochenschrift 1892, Nr. 46, S. 1033.Doutrelepont, Joseph
Pagel: Biographisches Lexikon hervorragender Ärzte des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts. Berlin, Wien 1901, Sp. 415-416.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Doutrelepont, Joseph 1834 births 1914 deaths People from Malmedy Academic staff of the University of Bonn Humboldt University of Berlin alumni German dermatologists German surgeons