Jean Alfred Fournier {born March 12, 1832, died 1914) was a French dermatologist who specialized in the study of venereal diseases. Fournier began his medical career as an intern at the Hôpital du Midi as an understudy to Philippe Ricord (1800-1889). Fournier's main contribution to medical science concerned the study of congenital syphilis, which he first described in 1883. Wikipedia
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