Simon-Emmanuel Duplay (1836-1924) and the conceptions on epithelial cancers in the 19th century.
In this article we present the conceptions of the 19th century physicians for the epithelial cancers. The studies carried out by Professor Simon Emmanuel Duplay and his contemporaries on cancer in the mid-19th century are interesting and promoted cancer research in the clinical, epidemiological, therapeutical and experimental fields.
Karamanou
M
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Department of History of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Liappas
J
J
Pertidou
E
E
Androutsos
G
G
D005602:France; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D009375:Neoplasms, Glandular and Epithelial / Q000266:history* / Q000473:pathology; D014062:Tongue Neoplasms / Q000266:history / Q000473:pathology