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Historical Bibliography Updated: June 17, 2026

Clinique photographique de l'hôpital Saint-Louis.

Publication Details

Paris: Chamerot et Lauwereyns, 1868 CE.

The first French dermatologic book illustrated with photographs. Originally issued in fascicules, 1867-68. The first edition includes 49 or 50 albumin photographs; second edition, entitled Clinique photographique des maladies de la peau (1872) includes 60 albumin photographs. Hand-coloring was applied to some of the photographs in the first two editions. Montmeja took the photographs for all three editions, and supervised the hand-coloring of the photographs in first edition. The third edition (1882) contains photographs reproduced through the woodburytype process. Digital facsimile of the first edition from BnF Gallica at this link.

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#6872
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/9036
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLclinique-photographique-de-lhpital-saintlouis

Geographic Context

Publication place: Paris