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- (¤ 24.11.1864, † 1938) Dermatologist, working in Paris. Sabouraud was born in Nantes, the son of a painter. Studied in Nantes, later in Paris. Since 1887 assistant at the Hôpital Cochin in Paris, where he completed his first microbiological studies under Georges Saintford Octave Dujardin-Beaumetz (1833-1895). In 1889, while still a student, he began his dermatological training under Jean Baptiste Emile Vidal (1825-1893) and Ernest Henri Besnier (1831-1909) at the Hôpital St. Louis, Paris. He was licensed to practice medicine in 1890. 1891 he took up an assistant position at the Hôpital Saint Antoine. Guided by Pierre-Paul-Émile Roux (1853-1933), he founded his own microbiological institute. In 1894 he received his doctorate. Sabouraud was an internationally recognised mycologist and dermatologist. Sabouraud acquired exceptional dermatological reputations in the field of capillary diseases. "It is said that Sabouraud can tell your moral character, the amount of your yearly income and what you have eaten for breakfast by looking at the root of one of your hairs." (RL Thompson).
- Other research topic(s): Sabouraud agar (culture medium for the cultivation of fungi); Sabouraud syndrome ( Monilethrix syndrome); spindle hair formation, cataract and keratosis pilaris).
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- Sabouraud RJ (1894) Les trichophyties humaines. Doctoral dissertation, Thèse No. 227, Paris
- Sabouraud RJ (1904) Sur la radiothérapie des teignes. Annales de dermatologie et de syphiligraphie 5: 577-587
- Behcet PE (1938) Raymond Jacques Sabouraud. J Invest Dermatol 1: 171-174
- Prioux R (1947) Deux médecins - Deux sculpteurs - Paul Richer et Raymond Sabouraud. Thèse, Paris, Librairie Arnette
- Saint-Leger D (1990) The history of dandruff and dandruff in history. A homage to Raymond Sabouraud. Annales Dermatol Véneréol, Paris 117: 23-27
Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer