Jean Baptiste Émile Vidal (18 June 1825 – 16 June 1893) was a French dermatologist who was a native of Paris.Quelques cas historiques en dermatologie - Page 43 2011 "Il va ensuite devenir l' interne d'Émile Vidal (1825-1993), son premier maître en dermatologie. Inspiré par Vidal qui oriente sa carrière, Brocq soutient sa thèse de médecine en 1882 "Dermatologie des XIX et XXe siècles: Mutations et controverses - Page 261 Gérard Tilles - 2011 "Emile Vidal fut l'un des premiers en France à souligner l'intérêt de l' anatomopathologie en dermatologie : « Tous ses élèves connaissaient la fameuse armoire aux préparations de son laboratoire, armoire remplie de boîtes soigneusement ..."
He studied medicine in Tours and Paris, becoming médecin des hôpitaux in 1862. For much of his career he was associated with the Hôpital Saint-Louis (1867–1890) in Paris. In 1883 he became a member of the Académie de Médecine.
In 1893, Vidal was the first to recognize and define the transmission of herpes simplex virus from one person to another.
He is remembered for his investigations of lupus and skin lichenification. His name is associated with "pityriasis circinata et marginata of Vidal", a disorder that is synonymous to pityriasis rosea,Pityriasis rosea - An update Chuh A, Lee A, Zawar V, Sciallis G. and "Vidal's disease", an historical name for lichen simplex chronicus.Mondofacto Dictionary Vidal's disease
Publications Considérations sur le rhumatisme articulaire chronique primitif, 1855 Du Pityriasis, 1877 Inoculabilité de quelques affections cutanées, 1877 Du pityriasis circiné et marginé, 1882 Étude sur le mycosis fongoïde with L .Brocq, Paris : A. Delahaye et E. Lecrosnier, 1885 Acne molluscum contagiosum" généralisée ; acné varioliforme (de Bazin) généralisée, 1889.IDREF.fr (bibliography)
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References Jean Baptiste Emile Vidal @ Who Named It