Historical Bibliography Updated: August 7, 2021

Sur une espèce de mentagre contagieuse résultant du développement d’un nouveau cryptogame dans la racine des poils de la barbe de l’homme.

Publication Details

C. R. Acad. Sci. (Paris) 15, 512-15. 1842 CE.

First accurate description of Trichophyton mentagrophytes, the fungus responsible for sycosis barbae. English translation of this and Gruby’s other five papers read to l’Académie des Sciences in Zakon & Benedek, David Gruby and the centenary of medical mycology, 1841-1941, Bull. Hist. Med., 1944, 16, 155-68.

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Microbiology & Virology
Natural History & Evolution

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DERMATOLOGY › Specific Dermatoses Mycology, Medical

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Entry Number	#4034
Permanent Link	https://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/5330
Author Bio Link	Wikipedia ↗
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