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Raymond Jacques Adrien Sabouraud (www.whonamedit.com) (823 words) |
 | Raymond Jacques Adrien Sabouraud was the son of a painter. |
| Sabouraud conducted extensive investigations in the role of fungal infections as a cause of diseases of the skin. |
| Sabouraud became famous for his knowledge of scalp diseases and had a a "bald headed clinic" which attracted people from all over the world. |
| DANDRUFF (588 words) |
| According to the "aquatic ape" theory, our excessive scalp skin shedding is a result of our previous adaptation to lots of water (they also think it explains earwax). |
| In a 1900 book, Raymond Sabouraud devotes 280 pages to a history of dandruff. |
| It seems that for the longest time physicians could not agree on the cause or nature of dandruff, and just recently the fungus involved (which is also present in lesser amounts on healthy scalps) has been reclassified as a yeast. |
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