Félix Balzer
Félix Balzer (1849-04-04 – 1929-03-15) was a French physician, specialising in dermatology and pathology. Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1581 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 44 BC - Julius Caesar, Dictator of the Roman Republic, is stabbed to death by Marcus Junius Brutus, A physician, medical practitioner or medical doctor who practices Medicine, and is concerned with maintaining or restoring human Health Dermatology (from Greek grc δέρμα derma, "skin" and grc -λογία -logia) is a branch of Medicine dealing with Pathology (from Greek grc πάθος pathos, "fate harm" and grc -λογία -logia) is the study and
Balzer gave an early description of pseudoxanthoma elasticum in 1884. Pseudoxanthoma elasticum (PXE is a Genetic disease that causes fragmentation and mineralization of elastic fibers in some tissues He used the term "xanthome elastique" but subsequently it was found not to be a form of xanthomatosis. A xanthoma (or xanthomata or xanthomatosis) (from Greek xanthos, ξανθος, "yellow" is a deposition of yellowish Cholesterol Balzer is also responsible for coining the term "adénomes sébacés" (adenoma sebaceum) to describe the papular facial rash of tuberous sclerosis. Tuberous sclerosis or tuberous sclerosis complex ( TSC) is a rare multi-system genetic disease that causes benign tumours to grow in the Brain Again, this term proved to be incorrect since the papules were neither adenoma nor derived from sebaceous glands. An adenoma is a collection of growths (-oma of glandular origin The sebaceous glands are Glands found in the Skin of Mammals Locations and morphology A branched type of Acinar gland, these
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
- Balzer F (1884). "Recherches sur les charactères anatomiques du xanthélasma". Archives de physiologie normale et pathologique 4 (3): 65–80.
- Balzer F, Dubreuilh W (1884). "Observations et recherches sur l'érythrasma et sur les parasites de la peau à l'état normal". Ann. Derm. Syph. 5: 598–606,661–666.
- Balzer F, Ménétrier P (1885). "Étude sur un cas d’adénomes sébacés de la face et du cuir". Archives de Physiologie normale et pathologique 6 (3): 564–76.
- Balzer F, Grandhomme (1886). "Nouveau cas d’adénomes sébacés de la facea". Archives de physiologie normale et pathologique 8: 93–96.
- Balzer F (1906). Maladies vénériennes. Nouveau traité de médecine et de thérapeutique. Paris: J. -B. Baillière et Fils, 469–501.
See also
References
- Enersen, Ole Daniel. The timeline of tuberous sclerosis discovery and research spans less than 200 years Grönblad-Strandberg syndrome. Who Named It?. Who Named It? is an English-language dictionary of medical eponyms and the People associated with their identification Retrieved on 2007-07-12. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1191 - Saladin 's garrison surrenders ending the two-year Siege of Acre.
- Enersen, Ole Daniel. Bourneville-Pringle disease. Who Named It?. Who Named It? is an English-language dictionary of medical eponyms and the People associated with their identification Retrieved on 2007-07-12. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1191 - Saladin 's garrison surrenders ending the two-year Siege of Acre.
- Daley, Sharon Fletcher. PXE for Pediatricians. PXE International, Inc. Retrieved on 2007-07-12. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1191 - Saladin 's garrison surrenders ending the two-year Siege of Acre.
- Cincotta, Sheila. History of Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum. MemberGram Vol. 2 No. 1 Spring 1997. PXE International, Inc. Retrieved on 2007-07-12. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1191 - Saladin 's garrison surrenders ending the two-year Siege of Acre.
- (2002-10-18) ""William Dubreuilh et les Dermatologistes Français", Jean Civatte", Exposition et Symposium William Dubreuilh (in French). See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1009 - The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the Fatimid Société Française d'Histoire de la Dermatologie, 20. Retrieved on 2007-07-12. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1191 - Saladin 's garrison surrenders ending the two-year Siege of Acre.
- Biography: Félix Balzer. Histoire de la Médecine et de l'Art Dentaire. Bibliothèque Interuniversitaire de Médecine et d'Odontologie (BIUM). Retrieved on 2007-07-12. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1191 - Saladin 's garrison surrenders ending the two-year Siege of Acre.
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