Charles Lucien de Beurmann

Charles Lucien de Beurmann (December 6, 1851 - 1923) was a French dermatologist. He studied medicine at the University of Paris, and spent most of his career at the Hôpital de Lourcine (Hôpital Broca) and the Hôpital Saint-Louis in Paris. He also studied exotic diseases in his travels throughout Asia.

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Beurmann is known for his contributions involving the study of sporotrichosis, a disease that was fairly common in Europe at the time. The fungus that caused sporotrichosis was earlier identified by American physician Benjamin Robinson Schenck (1873-1920), and was named Sporothrix schenckii in his honor. However it was Beurmann who did extensive research concerning the cutaneous aspects of the disease. With Henri Gougerot (1881-1955) he published the monograph, Les Sporotrichoses which was based on 250 cases of sporotrichoses in France. In 1903 dermatologist Raymond Sabouraud (1864-1938) suggested to Beurmann the use of potassium iodide as a remedy. Because of Beurmann's thorough research concerning the fungal disease, Sporothrix schenckii is sometimes called Sporotrichum beurmanni.[1]

Bibliography:

• Les sporotrichoses. with Henri Gougerot. Paris, 1912.
• Recherches sur la Mortalité des Femmes en Couches dans les Hôpitaux. Statistiques de Lariboisière 1854-1878 et de Cochin 1873-77. 1879.

Reference:

• Who Named It? Charles Lucien de Beurmann