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Jacques Daviel's Forgotten Contribution to Skin Cancer

WILLARD L. MARMELZAT, MD

Arch Dermatol. 1964;90(3):280-283.

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Several years ago I discovered an intriguing paper tucked away in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, a paper which, I believe, represents a truly lost chapter in the history of dermatology and the history of medicine. In the year 1755 there appeared a communication addressed to the Royal Society by Jacques Daviel which dealt with a theory and radical method for treating cancer of the upper face.

Jacques Daviel (1696-1762) holds a secure place in medical history as the first physician to develop the concept of deliberate extraction of the lens in the treatment of cataract. A Norman by birth, he studied surgery with his uncle at Rouen and served as an army surgeon for a number of years. For a time he practiced in Toulon and Marseilles after which he settled in Paris in 1746. Here he developed a successful ophthalmological and surgical practice. He became oculist . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIF

From the Department of Medicine (Dermatology), University of Southern California School of Medicine.

Footnotes
Read before the Noah Worcester Dermatological Society Meeting in Fort Lauderdale, Fla, March 17-24, 1963.

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