Émile Achard, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Émile Achard

internist

Date of Birth: 24-Jul-1860

Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 08-Aug-1944

Profession: scientist, physician, university teacher, pathologist, academic

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Émile Charles Achard (24 July 1860 – 7 August 1944) was a French internist born in Paris.In Paris, he served as médecin des hôpitaux (from 1893), later becoming a professor of general pathology and therapeutics.
In 1910, he was appointed professor of internal medicine at the University of Paris (Hôpital Beaujon).
During his career, he also served as a physician at Hôpital Cochin. In 1896, along with Raoul Bensaude (1866–1938), he identified a disease he called paratyphoid fever.
They were able to isolate the cause of illness to a microbe now classified as salmonella paratyphi B.
A postmenopausal condition known as "diabetic-bearded woman syndrome" is sometimes referred to as "Achard-Thiers syndrome", and the eponymous "Achard syndrome" is a disorder characterized by arachnodactyly, brachycephaly, a receding lower jaw and joint laxity in the extremities.In 1897, along with internist Joseph Castaigne (1871–1951), he developed a urinary test using methylene blue dye for examining the excretory function of the kidneys.
The procedure was to become known as the "Achard-Castaigne test".
With Castaigne and Georges Maurice Debove (1845-1920), he published Manuel des maladies du tube digestif.