Teigne Tondante and Mahon brothers: Two laymen “physicians” of Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris

In the early and mid-nineteenth century Europe, ringworm of the scalp was a vexing problem. It affected children in such numbers that the famous Hôpital Saint-Louis of Paris had a separate Tinea School. Before advent of radiation method of epilation, painful method of peeling was the mainstay of man...

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Main Author: Amiya Kumar Mukhopadhyay
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:Indian Dermatology Online Journal
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Online Access:http://www.idoj.in/article.asp?issn=2229-5178;year=2018;volume=9;issue=6;spage=481;epage=483;aulast=Mukhopadhyay