Édouard Jeanselme

In 1883 he began work as a hospital intern, receiving his medical doctorate in 1888.

In 1923 he served as the first president of the Ligue nationale française contre le péril vénérien.

[2][3] He is credited with performing the first clinical and histological studies of juxta-articular nodes;[1] structures associated with syphilis and yaws that are sometimes referred to as "Jeanselme's nodules".

[4] or as "Lutz-Jeanselme nodules", named in conjunction with Brazilian physician Adolfo Lutz.

[3][5] As a treatment for leprosy, he advocated a mixture of chaulmoogra oil, camphor and guaiacol.