The distinguished surgeon Bertrand Bécane (1728-1802?) and the syphilitic theory of cancer

M Karamanou; G Tsoucalas; K Laios; C Trompoukis; G Androutsos

The distinguished surgeon Bertrand Bécane (1728-1802?) and the syphilitic theory of cancer

J BUON. 2013 Apr-Jun;18(2):551-3.

Authors

M Karamanou¹, G Tsoucalas, K Laios, C Trompoukis, G Androutsos

Affiliation

¹ Department of History of Medicine, Medical School, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.

PMID: 23818383

Abstract

Bertrand Bécane, Professor of surgery in Toulouse Medical School, is considered an eminent precursor of oncology, influencing the 18th century medicine with his syphilitic theory of cancer.

Publication types

Biography
Historical Article
Portrait

MeSH terms

History, 18th Century
History, 19th Century
Humans
Medical Oncology / history*
Neoplasms / history*
Neoplasms / microbiology
Risk Factors
Syphilis / complications
Syphilis / history*
Syphilis / microbiology

Personal name as subject

Bertrand Becane