Ferdinand-Jean Darier

Ferdinand-Jean Darier
Born	26 April 1856(1856-04-26) Budapest, Hungary
Died	1938 (aged 81–82) Paris, France[citation needed]
Education	Collège de France
Known for	Darier's disease, Darier's sign
Profession	Doctor
Institutions	Hôpital Saint-Louis
Specialism	Physician, pathologist, dermatologist
Research	Dermatology

Ferdinand-Jean Darier (26 April 1856–1938^[1]) was a French physician, pathologist and dermatologist called the "father of modern dermatology in France".^[2]

Career

Medical

Born in Budapest, Hungary to French parents,^[1] Darier studied with Louis-Antoine Ranvier (1835–1922) at the Collège de France.

Darier discovered several diseases, most notably Darier's disease, a peculiar figurate erythema, which he identified in 1889 as psorodermose folliculaire végétante. The other diseases were a follicular keratosis (Darier-White syndrome), acanthosis nigricans, dermatofibrosarcoma (Darier-Ferrand disease), erythema annularis, subcutaneous sarcoidosis (Darier-Roussy sarcoid), and a sign, Darier's sign observed in mastocytosis.

From 1909 to 1922, Darier was head of the clinical department at the Hôpital Saint-Louis.^[3] He was one of the "big five" of the Paris School of Dermatology, along with Ernest Henri Besnier (1831–1909), Louis-Anne-Jean Brocq (1856–1928), Raymond Sabouraud (1864–1938) and Jean Alfred Fournier (1832–1915).

Darier wrote the dermatology textbook Précis de dermatologie, which was published in 1909 and translated into Spanish, German and English.^[1] He was also the editor of the dermatological encyclopedia Nouvelle Pratique Dermatologique, which was published in eight volumes, beginning in 1936.

Political

Besides his medical activities, Darier was the mayor of the town Longpont-sur-Orge from 1925 to 1935.^[3]

List of works

• De l’artérite syphilitique (1904)
• Précis de dermatologie (1909)
• Nouvelle Pratique Dermatologique (1936)

Sources

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Ferdinand-Jean Darier". Who Named It?. http://www.whonamedit.com/doctor.cfm/514.html. 
2. ^ Bhawan, J. (2006). "The Evolution of Dermatopathology – The American Experience". American Journal of Dermatopathology 28 (1): 67–71. doi:10.1097/01.dad.0000185145.45681.2a. ISSN 1533-0311. PMID 16456331. http://journals.lww.com/amjdermatopathology/Fulltext/2006/02000/The_Evolution_of_Dermatopathology_The_American.15.aspx. Retrieved September 25, 2009. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "Ferdinand-Jean Darier (1856-1938)". The History of European Dermatology. http://www.bium.univ-paris5.fr/sfhd/biographies/darier_eng.htm. Retrieved September 25, 2009. 

• Ségal, Alain (2009). "Ferdinand-Jean Darier (1856-1938) dermatologist of world renown" (in fre). Hist Sci Med (France) 43 (4): 389–94. ISSN 0440-8888. PMID 20503642. 

Persondata
Name	Darier, Ferdinand-Jean
Alternative names
Short description	Dermatologist, pathologist
Date of birth	April 26, 1856
Place of birth	Budapest, Hungary
Date of death	1938
Place of death	Paris, France