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RENUCCI, Simon François (1794 – 1874)

1794 – 1874

1 entries in the GMN corpus.

1835 CE

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Thèse inaugurale sur la découverte de l’insecte qui produit la contagion de la gale, du prurigo et du phlyzacia.

Demonstration of the human itch-mite, Sarcoptes scabiei. It was due to Renucci that the Sarcoptes was recognized as the one cause of scabies and its parasitic nature finally accepted.