Philippe Gaucher

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Philippe Gaucher

Philippe Charles Ernest Gaucher (

dermatologist born in the department of Nièvre
.

He received his medical doctorate in 1882, and soon after headed a medical clinic at

. In 1902 he succeeded
venereal disease called Annales des Maladies Vénériennes.[citation needed
]

He is remembered for providing a description of a disorder that was to become known as

biochemical
nature of Gaucher's disease was understood.

References

  1. ^ Gaucher PCE. De l’épithélioma primitif de la râte: hypertrophie idiopathique de la râte sans leucémie. Thesis (Faculté de Médecine), Paris 1882