Jules Comby (; 28 April 1853, in

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– 18 March 1947) was a French

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. The eponymous "Comby's sign" is named after him, which is an early indication of

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characterized by thin whitish patches on the

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and buccal mucous membrane.

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With

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(1858–1942) and

Jacques-Joseph Grancher Jacques-Joseph Grancher (; 29 September 1843 in Felletin, Creuse – 13 July 1907) was a French pediatrician born in Felletin. In 1862 he began his medical studies in Paris, where he worked as an assistant at the Hôpital des Enfants Malade ...

(1843–1907), he published the influential ''Traité des maladies de l’enfance'' (Treatise of the Diseases of Childhood). Other publications and translated works of his include: * ''Étiologie et prophylaxie du rachitisme'', 1885 - Etiology and prevention of rachitis. * ''Étiologie et prophylaxie de la scrofule dans la première enfance'', 1885 - Etiology and prevention of scrofula in infancy. * ''Le rachitisme'', 1892, in Spanish as ''El raquitismo'' 1895 - Rachitis. * ''Les oreillons'', 1893 - The

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. * ''Formulaire thérapeutique et prophylaxie des maladies des enfants'', 1894 - Therapeutic formulary and prevention involving diseases of children. * ''L'empyème pulsatile'' 1895 - Pulsatile

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. * ''Paralysies obstétricales des nouveau-nés'', 1897 - Obstetrical paralyses of the new-born. * "Diseases of children",

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: Sampson Low, Marston, 1897 * "Diseases of children: excluding infectious diseases and rachitis"; New York: 1897 * ''Tratado de las enfermedades de la Infancia'', two editions published between 1899 and 1910 in Spanish. * ''Tratado de terapeutica clinica y profilaxia de las enfermedades de los ninos'', published in Spanish (1905). * ''Cent cinquante consultations médicales pour les maladies des enfants'', 1910 - 150 medical consultations involving illnesses of children. * ''Deux cents consultations médicales pour les maladies des enfants'', 1915 - 200 medical consultations involving illnesses of children.
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1853 births 1947 deaths French pediatricians People from Corrèze {{France-med-bio-stub