Jules Comby

Jules Comby (28 April 1853, Arnac-Pompadour 18 March 1947) was a French pediatrician.[1]

The eponymous "Comby's sign" is named after him, which is an early indication of measles characterized by thin whitish patches on the gums and buccal mucous membrane.[2]

Written works

With Antoine Marfan (1858–1942) and Jacques-Joseph Grancher (1843–1907), he published the influential Traité des maladies de l’enfance (Treatise of the Diseases of Childhood). Other publications and translated works of his include:

References

  1. Notice de personne BnF Catalogue General
  2. Mondofacto Dictionary
  3. IDREF.fr
  4. World Cat Identities
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