Camille Melchior Gibert

Camille Melchior Gibert (1797–1866)

“…Born in Paris on 18 August 1797, 1 Camille Melchior Gibert interned under Laurent Théodore Biett (1781–1840), an excellent but dry and severe teacher at l’Hôpital Saint‐Louis in Paris 2 . In 1822 he received his medical degree with a thesis on reflections on modern medicine, 3 and he was awarded a gold medal by the Société de Médicine Pratique for a work on inflammation of the abdominal viscera during fever 3 years later 3 …”

“…By 1831 he had begun working as a physician in the Parisian hospitals, and substituted for Doctors Biett, Lugol or Manry on several occasions at l’Hôpital Saint‐Louis 3 …”

“…He worked there for 4 years alongside Cullerier 4 . Whilst at l’Hôpital Broca he published a practical treatise on venereal diseases 3 …”

“…Gibert began teaching in 1827 when he organized a private practical course on venereal diseases. Once he had been appointed head of the Dermatology Department at l’Hôpital Saint‐Louis he resumed Alibert's famous lessons under the linden tree 3 . He had a reputation as an unemotional, person 5 prone to hold a grudge against people who offended him.…”

“…He wrote extensively about venereal diseases and he developed a mixture of potassium iodide and red mercuric iodide, know as Gibert's syrup , to treat cutaneous venereal lesions 3 …”