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Émile Leredde

Born  1866
Died  1926

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French dermatologist, born 1866, Paris; died late 1926.

Biography of Émile Leredde

Émile Leredde studied in Paris and received his doctorate there in 1893. His scientific work concerns dermatology (semiology and prognosis of eosinophilia in dermatoses), syphilology and social medicine. He was an outstanding clinician.

Bibliography

  • l’eczéma, maladie parasitaire.
    Oeuvre méd. chir. No. 7. Paris, 1898.
  • Traité pratique de dermatologie.
    With Francois Henri Hallopeau. Paris, 1900.
  • La nature syphilitique et la curabilité du tabes et de la paralysie générale. Paris, 1903.
  • Photothérapie et photobiologie.
    With Lucien-Marie Pautrier (1876-1959). Paris, 1903.

  • Thérapeutique des maladies de la peau. Paris, 1904.
  • La réaction de Wassermann. Paris, 1912.
  • Les règles nouvelles du traitement de la syphilis.
    Paris, 1912.
  • Domaine, traitement et prophylaxie de la syphilis.
    Paris, 1917; 2nd edition, 1921.
  • Traitement du tabes. Paris, 1918.
  • La stérilisation de la syphilis. Paris, 1921.
  • Nouvelles études sur la syphilis.
    Paris, 1921. Traitement de la syphilis. Paris, 1923.

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