Ernest Besnier

Ernest Henri Besnier (French: [benje]; 21 April 1831 – 15 May 1909, Paris) was a French dermatologist and medical director of the Hôpital Saint-Louis in Paris.

Ernest Besnier
Ernest Besnier
Born
Ernest Henri Besnier

(1831-04-21)21 April 1831
Honfleur, Calvados, France
Died15 May 1909(1909-05-15) (aged 78)
Paris, France
NationalityFrench
Medical career
Sub-specialtiesDermatology

Early life

Ernest Besnier was born on 21 April 1831 in Honfleur, département Calvados.[1] He studied medicine in Paris, where in 1857 he received his medical doctorate.[1]

Career

In 1863, Besnier became médecin des hôpitaux. He succeeded Pierre-Antoine-Ernest Bazin as director at the Hôpital Saint Louis.[2]

He built histopathology and parasitology laboratories at the hospital, and is credited with originating the term biopsy for tissue samples. In 1889 he proved an early description of skin lesions associated with sarcoidosis, introducing the name "lupus pernio".[3]

With Pierre Adolphe Adrien Doyon (1827–1907), he founded the medical journal Annales de dermatologie et de syphiligraphie. Besnier attempted to balance the differences between the French and Viennese approaches to dermatological medicine, and in 1881 with Doyon, translated Moritz Kaposi's famous book on skin diseases (Pathologie und Therapie der Hautkrankheiten in Vorlesungen für praktische Ärzte und Studirende) from German into French (Leçons sur les maladies de la peau).[4] With Louis-Anne-Jean Brocq and Lucien Jacquet, he published a four volume encyclopedia of dermatology, titled "La pratique dermatologique" (1900–04).[5]

Death and legacy

Besnier died in Paris on 15 May 1909.[1]

The eponymous Besnier's prurigo is named for a skin disorder that often follows infantile atopic dermatitis.[6]

References
  1. Beeson, B. Barker (1 July 1929). "Ernest Besnier 1831-1909". Archives of Dermatology and Syphilology. 20 (1): 95–99. doi:10.1001/archderm.1929.01440010103014. ISSN 0096-6029.
  2. Crissey, John Thorne; Parish, Lawrence C.; Holubar, Karl (2013). "Late nineteenth century French dermatology". Historical Atlas of Dermatology and Dermatologists. CRC Press. p. 72. ISBN 978-1-84184-864-8.
  3. Boeck's sarcoid at Who Named It
  4. Moriz Kohn Kaposi – bibliography at Who Named It
  5. La pratique dermatologique OCLC WorldCat
  6. Besnier's prurigo at Who Named It
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