Marie-Guillaume-Alphonse Devergie (February 15, 1798 – October 2, 1879) was a French

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born in

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. In 1834 he became a physician of Parisian hospitals (''médecin des hôpitaux''), and in 1840 succeeded

Laurent-Théodore Biett Laurent-Théodore Biett (25 July 1781 – 3 March 1840) was a Swiss-born dermatologist from Schams in the canton of Graubünden. He is chiefly remembered for introducing into France an anatomical methodology of analyzing skin diseases; a system tha ...

(1781–1840) at the

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, where he practiced medicine until his retirement. During his career he was also associated with the Hôpitaux Bicêtre and St. Antoine. In 1874 he was elected president of the ''

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''. In 1856 Devergie was the first to describe a chronic

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known as

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, also referred to as "Devergie's disease", a term introduced by

Ernest Henri 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. He was a native of Honfleur, département Calvados. He studied medicine in Paris, where in 18 ...

(1831-1909) in 1889. In 1854 he published an important

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on skin diseases titled ''Traité pratique des maladies de la peau''. When he retired, Devergie donated his collection of dermatological

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s to the Parisian hospital administration. This donation was instrumental in creation of a medical museum at

.bium.univ-paris5.fr
(biographical information) Devergie was one of the founders of

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in France, and was co-publisher of the journal ''Annales d’hygiène publique et de médecine légale'' with

Mathieu Orfila Mathieu Joseph Bonaventure Orfila (Catalan: ''Mateu Josep Bonaventura Orfila i Rotger'') (24 April 1787 – 12 March 1853) was a Spanish toxicologist and chemist, the founder of the science of toxicology. Role in forensic toxicology If th ...

(1787–1853),

Gabriel Andral Gabriel Andral (6 November 1797 – 13 February 1876) was a distinguished French pathologist and a professor at the University of Paris. In 1828 Andral was appointed professor of hygiene, and in 1839 succeeded François-Joseph-Victor Broussais (17 ...

(1797–1876),

Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol (3 February 1772 – 12 December 1840) was a French psychiatrist. Early life and education Born and raised in Toulouse, Esquirol completed his education at Montpellier. He came to Paris in 1799 where he worked a ...

(1772–1840) and

François Leuret François Leuret (29 December 1797 – 5 January 1851) was a French anatomist and psychiatrist who was a native of Nancy. He studied medicine under Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol (1772–1840), and was later chief physician at the Bicêtre ...

(1797–1851). In 1836 he published a two-volume book on judicial medicine called ''Medecine legale, theorique et pratique''.

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