François Henri Hallopeau, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French dermatologist
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Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France
About François Henri Hallopeau
- François Henri Hallopeau (17 January 1842, Paris – 20 March 1919, Paris) was a French dermatologist.
- He studied medicine under Alfred Vulpian and Sigismond Jaccoud.
- He co-founded and was secretary general of the Société Française de dermatologie et de syphiligraphie.
- He became a member of the Académie de Médecine in 1893. He coined the medical term "trichotillomania" in 1889.
- He also coined the word "antibiotique" in 1871 to describe a substance opposed to the development of life.
- Selman Waksman would later be credited with coining the word "antibiotic" to describe such compounds that were derived from other living organisms such as penicillin.
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