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Jean Baptiste Emile Vidal
French dermatologist, born June 18, 1825, Paris; died June 16, 1893, Paris.
Associated eponyms:
Alibert-Bazin syndrome
Historic term for mycosis fungoides. A rare, chronic and fatal disease of the reticuloendothelial system.
Toyama's syndrome
A skin disease characterized by well-defined, brown, scaly, perfectly circular patches of various diameters.
Vidal's classification
Classification of fractures of the heel.
Vidal's method
Scarification therapy for lupus.
Vidal's syndrome
A skin disease marked by the appearance of localized and circumscribed patches of thickened skin with lichenification, becoming scaly, resulting from repetitive rubbing and scratching subsequent to pruritogenic stimuli.
Vidal-Jacquet syndrome
Blenhorragic rheumatism associated with keratoris palmaris et plantaris.
Biography:
Jean Baptiste Emile Vidal received his education at the Ecole de Médecine in Tours, then in Paris, where he became externe in 1848, 1850 interne, 1855 doctor of medicine, and 1862 médecin des hôpitaux. From 1867 to 1890 he belonged to the Hôpital Saint-Louis. From 1883 member of the Académie de médecine.
Vidal conducted fundamental work in dermatology, mainly on non-syphilitic forms of skin diseases. He did important work on lupus and lichen, and interesting inoculation trials with the pustular content of various cutaneous lesions. As a hygienist he distinguished himself in his successful struggle to separate the contagious patients in the hospitals.
Bibliography:
- De la syphilis congénitale. Paris, 1860.
- Inoculabilité de quelques affections cutanées.
Paris, 1877.
- Traité descriptif de la peau.
With Henri Camille Leloir (1855-1896).
Paris, 1889 and 1894. Translated into German.
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