Bazin, ernest pierre antoine

(¤ 1807, † 1877) Bazin was born on 20.02.1807 in Saint-Brice-sous Bois, a town north of Paris. After a school education at the Collége de Montmorency, Bazin first worked in the state administration for bridges and roads, then studied medicine in Paris. He graduated on August 21, 1834 and was appointed chief physician at L'Hôpital Saint Louis in Paris in 1847. He worked there together with other leading dermatologists such as Alphonse Devergie, Camille Melchior Gibert and Alphée Cazenave. Bazin was one of the most important French dermatologists of the 19th century. Extensive scientific works on mycotic infections of the skin. 1861 First description of erythema induratum, named after Bazin. 1862 Delineation and clinical description of Hidroa vacciniformia. His successor at L'Hôpital Saint Louis was the internist Ernest Besnier.

1. Bazin PAE (1861) Leçons théodoriques et cliniques sur la scrofule: considérée en elles-mème et dans ses rapports avec la syphilis, la darte et l`arthritis Augmentée de recherches sur la scrofule viscérale et de nombreuses observations, pp. 136-204. Delahaye, Paris
2. Bieber T (2008) In: Löser Ch, Plewig F (eds.) Pantheon of Dermatology, S. 70-74 Springer Medizin Verlag, Heidelberg