page_title: Émile Achard
hierarchical_section_title: Émile Achard
caption_attribution_description: Portrait of Emile Charles Achard, Professor of Pathology at the Faculty of Medicine, Paris Iconographic Collections Keywords: Stebbing; Emile Charles Achard
context_page_description: Émile Charles Achard was a French internist born in Paris.
  In Paris, he served as médecin des hôpitaux, later becoming a professor of general pathology and therapeutics. In 1910, he was appointed professor of internal medicine at the University of Paris. During his career, he also served as a physician at Hôpital Cochin.
  In 1896, along with Raoul Bensaude, he identified a disease he called paratyphoid fever. They were able to isolate the cause of illness to a microbe now classified as salmonella paratyphi B.
  A postmenopausal condition known as "diabetic-bearded woman syndrome" is sometimes referred to as "Achard-Thiers syndrome", and the eponymous "Achard syndrome" is a disorder characterized by arachnodactyly, brachycephaly, a receding lower jaw and joint laxity in the extremities.
  In 1897, along with internist Joseph Castaigne, he developed a urinary test using methylene blue dye for examining the excretory function of the kidneys. The procedure was to become known as the "Achard-Castaigne test". With Castaigne and Georges Maurice Debove, he published Manuel des maladies du tube digestif.
context_section_description: Émile Charles Achard (24 July 1860 – 7 August 1944) was a French internist born in Paris.
  In Paris, he served as médecin des hôpitaux (from 1893), later becoming a professor of general pathology and therapeutics. In 1910, he was appointed professor of internal medicine at the University of Paris (Hôpital Beaujon). During his career, he also served as a physician at Hôpital Cochin.
  In 1896, along with Raoul Bensaude (1866–1938), he identified a disease he called paratyphoid fever. They were able to isolate the cause of illness to a microbe now classified as salmonella paratyphi B.
  A postmenopausal condition known as "diabetic-bearded woman syndrome" is sometimes referred to as "Achard-Thiers syndrome", and the eponymous "Achard syndrome" is a disorder characterized by arachnodactyly, brachycephaly, a receding lower jaw and joint laxity in the extremities.
  In 1897, along with internist Joseph Castaigne (1871–1951), he developed a urinary test using methylene blue dye for examining the excretory function of the kidneys. The procedure was to become known as the "Achard-Castaigne test". With Castaigne and Georges Maurice Debove (1845-1920), he published Manuel des maladies du tube digestif.
caption: Achard in his youth
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