Robert Degos (1904–1987) was a French dermatologist who described several dermatoses including Degos disease which he first described in a seminal paper published in 1942 in the French journal of dermatology and syphilology.[1]
Robert Degos | |
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 Portrait of Robert Degos | |
| Born | 8 November 1904 Mugron, France |
| Died | May 3, 1987 (aged 82) Paris, France |
| Medical career | |
| Profession | physician |
| Field | dermatology |
| Institutions | University of Paris, Hopital Saint-Louis |
| Research | clinical dermatology, medical history, syphilis |
Life and work edit
He became an "interne des Hopitaux de Paris" in 1926 and trained at the Hopital Broca before joining the Hopital Saint-Louis in 1931 in the Department of another renown dermatologist, Gaston Auguste Milian.[2] But it is Henri Gougerot in whose department he worked and trained in 1933 as "chef de clinique" - and who ultimately became his mentor - who influenced his choice of specializing in dermatology.[3]
Degos became the "Chair in skin and syphilitic diseases" and chief of the first department of Dermatology at the Hopital Saint-Louis in 1951.[3]
He was widely published including a classic textbook, Dermatologie, that was "the bible of all French Dermatologists for several decades and reflects the type of Dermatology Prof. Degos practiced, conceptualized and taught".[3] Since its first publication in 1953, Dermatologie has undergone several editions and updates.
Key publications edit
- Degos R, Delort J, and Tricot R. 1942. "Dermatite papulosquameuse atrophiante" Bulletin de la Société Française de Dermatologie et de Syphiligraphie 49: 148–150.
- Degos, R. 1952. La Dermatologie. 4. éd. Les Petits Précis. Paris: Maloine.
- Degos, R. 1953. Dermatologie. Collection Médico-chirurgicale à Révision Annuelle. Paris: Flammarion.
References edit
- ^ (in French) Degos R, Delort J, Tricot R. "Dermatite papulosquameuse atrophiante". Bulletin de la Société Française de Dermatologie et de Syphiligraphie (1942) 49:148–50
- ^ Ruggieri, Martino; Castroviejo, Ignacio Pascual; Rocco, Concezio Di (2009-10-01). Neurocutaneous Disorders: Phakomatoses & Hamartoneoplastic Syndromes. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 725. ISBN 978-3-211-69500-5.
- ^ a b c Saurat JH (1987). "In memoriam Professor Robert Degos (1904-1987)". Dermatologica. 175 (6): 265–6. doi:10.1159/000248831. PMID 3319719.
External links edit
- Robert Degos @ Who Named It
- Köhlmeier-Degos syndrome Who named it?
- Robert Degos @ Université Paris Descartes
- ROBERT DEGOS (1904-1987), SA VIE, SON OEUVRE