Fournier Gangrene

Fournier Gangrene is a French dermatologist and venereologist who gained worldwide fame thanks to his work on studying one of the most severe forms of streptoderma, namely Fournier's gangrene.

Jean Alex Fournier, also known as Fournier-Gangrene, was born into a wealthy family but had poor health. As a young man, he received a medical degree and immediately began his career in a clinic in Paris. He subsequently moved to London and was invited by John Simons to the Wallia Hospital to treat patients with various skin diseases. Here he conducted numerous scientific studies and became an expert in the field of dermatology and venereology.

One of Fournier's main works was the study of one of the most dangerous diseases of streptoderma - Fournier's gangrene. He described the disease in 1881 and named it after himself. Fournier's gangrene is a severe inflammatory process that occurs in the subcutaneous fatty tissue and can lead to amputation of a limb. For a long time, this type of disease was not considered particularly dangerous, as it was considered a consequence of other inflammatory diseases. Fournier tried to develop effective methods to combat gangrene, and after much research he was able to create two new methods of treating this disease. First, he introduced new antibiotics and other antibacterial agents that proved effective in fighting the disease. Secondly, Fournier came up with a special operation that helped remove pus from the subcutaneous tissue and prevent the infection from spreading to other parts of the body. This operation was called "Fournier's gangrene". Some consider Fournier the father of modern venereology; others call him a "France of all time" phenomenon and the "father of medicine in France" for being "the core of the medical community" that emerged in the second half of the 19th century. Fournier also studied other skin diseases and treated his patients using his own treatments and advice from other specialists.