Félix Balzer

Félix Balzer (1849-04-04 – 1929-03-15) was a French physician, specialising in dermatology and pathology.

Balzer gave an early description of pseudoxanthoma elasticum in 1884. He used the term "xanthome elastique" but subsequently it was found not to be a form of xanthomatosis. Balzer is also responsible for coining the term "adénomes sébacés" (adenoma sebaceum) to describe the papular facial rash of tuberous sclerosis. Again, this term proved to be incorrect since the papules were neither adenoma nor derived from sebaceous glands.

Between 1880 and 1887, Balzer was a director of the histology laboratory in the Faculty of the hospital Saint Louis. He became a member of the "Académie de Médecine" in 1908. He was also president of "la Société Française de Dermatologie".

Papers

*cite journal
author = Balzer F
year = 1884
title = Recherches sur les charactères anatomiques du xanthélasma
journal = Archives de physiologie normale et pathologique
location = Paris
volume = 4
issue = 3
pages = 65–80
url = http://web2.bium.univ-paris5.fr/livanc/?cote=epo1053
*cite journal
author = Balzer F, Dubreuilh W
year = 1884
title = Observations et recherches sur l'érythrasma et sur les parasites de la peau à l'état normal
journal = Ann.Derm.Syph.
location = Paris
volume = 5
pages = 598–606,661–666
*cite journal
author = Balzer F, Ménétrier P
year = 1885
title = Étude sur un cas d’adénomes sébacés de la face et du cuir
journal = Archives de Physiologie normale et pathologique
location = Paris
volume = 6
pages = 564–76
issue = 3
*cite journal
author = Balzer F, Grandhomme
year = 1886
title = Nouveau cas d’adénomes sébacés de la facea
journal = Archives de physiologie normale et pathologique
location = Paris
volume = 8
pages = 93–96
*cite book
author = Balzer F
year = 1906
title = Maladies vénériennes. Nouveau traité de médecine et de thérapeutique
location = Paris
publisher = J.-B. Baillière et Fils
pages = 469–501

ee also

*Timeline of tuberous sclerosis

References

*cite web
first = Ole Daniel
last = Enersen
url = http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/1059.html
title = Grönblad-Strandberg syndrome
publisher = Who Named It?
accessdate = 2007-07-12
*cite web
first = Ole Daniel
last = Enersen
url = http://www.whonamedit.com/synd.cfm/2808.html
title = Bourneville-Pringle disease
publisher = Who Named It?
accessdate = 2007-07-12
*cite web
first = Sharon Fletcher
last = Daley
url = http://www.pxe.nl/kinderarts.shtml
title = PXE for Pediatricians
publisher = PXE International, Inc
accessdate = 2007-07-12
*cite web
first = Sheila
last = Cincotta
url = http://www.pxe.org/news/2_1.html
title = History of Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum
work = MemberGram Vol. 2 No. 1 Spring 1997
publisher = PXE International, Inc
accessdate = 2007-07-12
*cite book
url = http://www.bium.univ-paris5.fr/sfhd/catalog.pdf
title = Exposition et Symposium William Dubreuilh
publisher = Société Française d'Histoire de la Dermatologie
date = 2002-10-18
accessdate = 2007-07-12
pages = 20
language = French
chapter = "William Dubreuilh et les Dermatologistes Français", Jean Civatte
*cite web
url = http://web2.bium.univ-paris5.fr/bio/?cle=811
title = Biography: Félix Balzer
work = Histoire de la Médecine et de l'Art Dentaire
publisher = Bibliothèque Interuniversitaire de Médecine et d'Odontologie (BIUM)
accessdate = 2007-07-12