Louis Henri Vaquez

Who was Louis Henri Vaquez?

Louis Henri Vaquez was a French physician who practiced medicine in Paris.

In 1890 he earned his medical doctorate, and in 1898 became professeur agrégé. In 1918 he was appointed professor of clinical medicine and elected a member of the Academy of Medicine. Cardiologist Pierre Potain was an important influence in his medical career.

Vaquez is remembered for his work in the field of hematology and his research of heart disease. In 1892 he was the first to describe the blood disorder polycythaemia vera or polycythaemia rubra vera, which is also known as "Osler-Vaquez disease"