# Anatole Chauffard

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**Anatole Marie Émile Chauffard** (anatɔl maʁi emil ʃofaʁ; 22 August 1855 – 1 November 1932) was a French [internist](/source/Internist) born in [Avignon](/source/Avignon).

He earned his doctorate in 1882, and became *médecin des hôpitaux*. In 1907 he was appointed professor of [internal medicine](/source/Internal_medicine) at the [Paris](/source/Paris) faculty. He was a member of the [Académie de Médecine](/source/Acad%C3%A9mie_de_M%C3%A9decine), and in 1911 attained the clinical chair at [Hôpital Saint-Antoine](/source/H%C3%B4pital_Saint-Antoine).

Chauffard is remembered for his work involving [liver](/source/Liver) disease and his [pathophysiological](/source/Pathophysiology) research of [hereditary spherocytosis](/source/Hereditary_spherocytosis).[1] His name is associated with the following disorders:

- "[Minkowski-Chauffard disease](/source/Minkowski-Chauffard_disease)": Congenital [hemolytic anemia](/source/Hemolytic_anemia) with [spherocytosis](/source/Spherocytosis), [splenomegaly](/source/Splenomegaly) and [jaundice](/source/Jaundice). Named with [Oskar Minkowski](/source/Oskar_Minkowski) (1858–1931).
- "[Troisier-Hanot-Chauffard syndrome](/source/Troisier-Hanot-Chauffard_syndrome)": Hypertrophic [cirrhosis](/source/Cirrhosis) with skin pigmentation and [diabetes mellitus](/source/Diabetes_mellitus). Sometimes called primary [hemochromatosis](/source/Hemochromatosis), bronze [diabetes](/source/Diabetes), pigmentary cirrhosis or iron overload disease. Named with [Victor Charles Hanot](/source/Victor_Charles_Hanot) (1844–1896) and [Charles Emile Troisier](/source/Charles_Emile_Troisier) (1844–1919).

## Writings

- *Cirrhose hypertrophique pigmentaire dans le diabète sucré*. Revue de médecine, Paris, 1882, 2: 385–403. (with Victor Charles Hanot)
- *Xanthélasma disséminé et symétrique, sans insuffisance hépatique*. Bulletins et memoires de la Société medicale des hôpitaux de Paris, 1889, 3 sér., 6: 412–419.
- *Des adénopathies dans le rhumatisme chronique infectieux*. Revue de médecine, Paris, 1896; 16: 345. (with F. Ramon)
- *Pathogénie de l’ictère congénital de l’adulte*. La semaine médicale, Paris, 1907, 27: 25–29.
- *Les ictères hémolytiques*. La semaine médicale, Paris, 1908, 28: 45 and 49.
- *Pathogénie de l’ictere hémolytique congénital*. Annales de médecine interne, Paris, 1914: 1-17.

## Bibliography

- [*Anatole Chauffard*](http://www.whonamedit.com/doctor.cfm/1118.html) @ [Who Named It](/source/Who_Named_It)

## References

1. [Cell membrane](https://books.google.com/books?id=RlWEv6Li1bAC&dq=%22Anatole+Chauffard%22&pg=PA3) by Yoshihito Yawata

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