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Raymond Jacques Adrien Sabouraud (24 November 1864 – 4 February 1938) was a French physician born in
Nantes Nantes (, , ; Gallo: or ; ) is a city in Loire-Atlantique on the Loire, from the Atlantic coast. The city is the sixth largest in France, with a population of 314,138 in Nantes proper and a metropolitan area of nearly 1 million inhabita ...
. He specialized in
dermatology Dermatology is the branch of medicine dealing with the skin.''Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.'' Random House, Inc. 2001. Page 537. . It is a speciality with both medical and surgical aspects. A dermatologist is a specialist medical ...
and
mycology Mycology is the branch of biology concerned with the study of fungi, including their genetic and biochemical properties, their taxonomy and their use to humans, including as a source for tinder, traditional medicine, food, and entheogens, as ...
, and was also an accomplished painter and sculptor. He studied medicine in Nantes and Paris, and worked as a hospital interne at the Hôpital Saint-Louis under Ernest Besnier and at the Hôpital des Enfants-Assistés under Edouard Francis Kirmisson. Afterwards he studied bacteriology with
Pierre Paul Émile Roux Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation ...
at the
Pasteur Institute The Pasteur Institute (french: Institut Pasteur) is a French non-profit private foundation dedicated to the study of biology, micro-organisms, diseases, and vaccines. It is named after Louis Pasteur, who invented pasteurization and vaccines f ...
. In 1894 he received his doctorate, and he later served as chief of
Jean Alfred Fournier Jean Alfred Fournier () (21 May 1832 – 25 December 1914) was a French dermatologist who specialized in the study of venereal disease. Biography As a young man he served as an interne at the Hôpital du Midi as an understudy to Philippe Rico ...
's laboratory at the Hôpital Saint-Louis.''Raymond Sabouraud''
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In 1904, Sabouraud introduced radiological treatment against ringworm of the scalp. He was well known for his knowledge of scalp diseases, and had a clinic which attracted patients from all over the world. He invented a method to select
fungi A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom, separately from ...
with a medium of low pH and a rather high concentration of sugar. This medium, called
Sabouraud agar Sabouraud agar or Sabouraud dextrose agar (SDA) is a type of agar growth medium containing peptones. It is used to cultivate dermatophytes and other types of fungi, and can also grow filamentous bacteria such as '' Nocardia''. It has utility f ...
is named after him. With
Ferdinand-Jean Darier Ferdinand-Jean Darier (26 April 1856 – 1938) was a French physician, pathologist and dermatologist called the "father of modern dermatology in France". Career Medical Born in Budapest, Hungary to French parents, Darier studied with Louis-An ...
(1856–1938) and Henri Gougerot (1881–1955), he was the editor of an eight-volume encyclopedia of dermatology titled ''Nouvelle Pratique Dermatologique''. His ''Manuel élémentaire de dermatologie topographique régionale'' (1905), was translated into English and published as ''Elementary Manual of Regional Topographical Dermatology'' (1906), and several years later re-published as ''A Manual of Regional Topographical Dermatology'' (1912).WorldCat Identities
published works


Associated eponyms

* Sabouraud's agar: a growth medium for micro-organisms that is selective for fungi. * Gruby–Sabouraud disease: a disease caused by '' Microsporon audouini''. named with
microbiologist A microbiologist (from Ancient Greek, Greek ) is a scientist who studies microscopic life forms and processes. This includes study of the growth, interactions and characteristics of Microorganism, microscopic organisms such as bacteria, algae, f ...
David Gruby (1810–1898) * Sabouraud's method: radiological treatment of ringworm * Sabouraud's pastils: disks containing
barium Barium is a chemical element with the symbol Ba and atomic number 56. It is the fifth element in group 2 and is a soft, silvery alkaline earth metal. Because of its high chemical reactivity, barium is never found in nature as a free element. Th ...
platino-cyanide that undergo a color change when exposed to X-rays * Sabouraud's syndrome: Monilethrix, a congenital disease with early progressive loss of hair * Sabouraud–Noiré instrument: a
dosimeter A radiation dosimeter is a device that measures dose uptake of external ionizing radiation. It is worn by the person being monitored when used as a personal dosimeter, and is a record of the radiation dose received. Modern electronic personal dos ...
that measures the quantity of X-rays via the barium platino-cyanide method


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