DEVERGIE, Marie-Guillaume-Alphonse (1798 – 1879)
1798 – 1879
2 entries in the GMN corpus.
Image source Engraving by LaFosse, from a photograph by Pierson · ihm.nlm.nih.gov · Public domain
1826 CE
#10529
Clinique de la maladie syphilitique. Enrichie d’observations communiquées par messieurs Cullerier oncle, Cullerier neveu, Bard, Gama, Desruelles et autre médecins. Text and atlas.
Includes 126 hand-colored engraved plates from drawings by Dupont the elder, assisted by Delestre the younger and Verollot, engraved by Johann Theodor Susemihl, a German engraver working in Paris, known for his zoolog…
1856 CE
#4044
Pityriasis pilaris, maladie de peau non décrite par les dermatologistes.
Devergie is remembered for his clear description of pityriasis rubra pilaris, (“Devergie’s disease”). He was the first to demonstrate the presence of a fungus in eczema marginatum.