Guy Henry Faget
Physician, Deceased Person
1891 – 1947
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Who was Guy Henry Faget?
Guy Henry Faget was an American doctor who revolutionalized the treatment of leprosy by demonstrating the efficacy of promin, in a paper reported in 1943. Promin is a sulfone compound synthesized by Feldman and his co-workers in 1940 as an agent against tuberculosis effective in experimental animals. He was the grandson of Jean Charles Faget, and father of Maxime Faget.
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- Born
- 1891
New Orleans - Also known as
- Dr. Guy Henry Faget
- Children
- Profession
- Died
- 1947
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on July 23, 2013
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