Gaspar Casal
Gaspar Casal (1681–1759) was a Catalan physician remembered for describing the Casal collar in pellagra.
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Doctor Gaspar Casal
Casal was born in Girona Catalonia, Spain. He practised in Oviedo from 1720 to 1751, at which time he moved to Madrid as King Ferdinand's physician.[1] He described pellagra in a book published in 1762, calling it mal de la rose due to the red rash seen on the hands and feet of sufferers.[2]
References
- Barry G. Firkin, Judith A. Whitworth. Dictionary of Medical Eponyms. Informa Health Care, 2001, page 60. ISBN 978-1-85070-333-4.
- Hegyi, Vladimir; Elston, Dirk M (26 February 2018). "Dermatologic Manifestations of Pellagra". Medscape. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
External links
- Biography (in Catalan). Galeria de Metges Catalans. Retrieved July 23, 2016.
- Barbarà, Joan (2019). "El nom de la rosa: elogi del doctor Gaspar Casal, el primer epidemiòleg" [The name of the rose: In praise of Gaspar Casal, the first epidemiologist] (PDF). Revista de Girona (in Catalan) (315).
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