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{{Short description|French physician}}
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[[File:Sabouraud_Raymond.jpg|thumb|Sabouraud Raymond]]
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'''Raymond Jacques Adrien Sabouraud''' ({{IPA|fr|ʁɛmɔ̃ ʒak adʁijɛ̃ sabuʁo}}; 24 November 1864 – 4 February 1938) was a French physician born in [[Nantes]]. He specialized in [[dermatology]] and [[mycology]], and was also an accomplished painter and sculptor.

He studied medicine in Nantes and Paris, and worked as a hospital interne at the [[Hôpital Saint-Louis]] under [[Ernest Besnier]] and at the [[Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital|Hôpital des Enfants-Assistés]] under [[Edouard Francis Kirmisson]]. Afterwards he studied [[bacteriology]] with [[Pierre Paul Émile Roux]] at the [[Pasteur Institute]]. In 1894 he received his doctorate, and he later served as chief of [[Jean Alfred Fournier]]'s laboratory at the Hôpital Saint-Louis.<ref name=WN>[http://www.whonamedit.com/doctor.cfm/3065.html ''Raymond Sabouraud''] @ [[Who Named It]]</ref>
[[File:Sabouraud signature.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Raymond Sabouraud signature in frontispiece of copy of Les Teignes (1910)]]

In 1904, Sabouraud introduced [[radiology|radiological]] treatment against [[ringworm]] of the scalp. He was well known for his knowledge of scalp diseases, and had a clinic which attracted patients from all over the world.<ref name=WN/>

He invented a method to select [[fungus|fungi]] with a medium of low [[pH]] and a rather high concentration of sugar. This medium, called [[Sabouraud agar]] is named after him.<ref name=JMV>{{cite journal |last1=Odds |first1=F.C. |title=Sabouraud('s) agar |journal=Journal of Medical and Veterinary Mycology |year=1991 |volume=29 |issue=6 |pages=355–359 |doi=10.1080/02681219180000581 |pmid=1815027 }}</ref>

With [[Ferdinand-Jean Darier]] (1856–1938) and [[Henri Gougerot]] (1881–1955), he was the editor of an eight-volume encyclopedia of dermatology titled ''Nouvelle Pratique Dermatologique''. His ''Manuel élémentaire de dermatologie topographique régionale'' (1905), was translated into English and published as ''Elementary Manual of Regional Topographical Dermatology'' (1906), and several years later re-published as ''A Manual of Regional Topographical Dermatology'' (1912).<ref>[http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no2011-47767/ WorldCat Identities] published works</ref>

== Associated eponyms ==
* Sabouraud's agar: a growth medium for micro-organisms that is selective for fungi.<ref name=JMV/>
* Gruby–Sabouraud disease: a disease caused by ''[[Microsporum audouini|Microsporon audouini]]''; named with [[microbiologist]] [[David Gruby]] (1810–1898)
* Sabouraud's method: radiological treatment of ringworm
* Sabouraud's pastils: disks containing [[barium]] [[platino-cyanide]] that undergo a color change when exposed to X-rays
* Sabouraud's syndrome: [[Monilethrix]], a [[congenital disease]] with early progressive loss of hair
* Sabouraud–Noiré instrument: a [[dosimeter]] that measures the quantity of X-rays via the barium platino-cyanide method

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== References ==
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* [http://www.whonamedit.com/doctor.cfm/3065.html ''Raymond Sabouraud''] @ [[Who Named It]]
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