Lugol, jean guillaume auguste

Author:Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020

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(¤ 10.8.1788, † 1851) French dermatologist. Lugol studied medicine in Paris. Doctorate in 1812. 1819 dermatological training at L'Hôpital Saint Louis/ Paris under Jean Louis Alibert. Lugol worked very successfully at this clinic until 1851. The name Lugol is associated in today's medicine with the introduction of the then very successful systemic therapy with iodine-potassium iodide solution ( Lugol's solution) for skin tuberculosis (later also for gonorroea and syphilis).

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  1. Lugol JGA (1829) Mémoire sur l'emploi de l`iode dans les maladies scrofuleuses. Baillière, Paris

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Last updated on: 29.10.2020

Author: Prof. Dr. med. Peter Altmeyer