Camille-Melchior Gibert (18 September 1797 – 30 July 1866) was a French dermatologist who was a native of Paris.
He studied medicine in Paris, where in 1818–19 he served as an interne to Laurent-Théodore Biett at the Hôpital Saint-Louis. In 1822, he received his medical doctorate, and in 1826, he obtained his agrégation. From 1836, he was a physician at the Hôpital Lourcine, and from 1840 to 1863, was associated with the Hôpital Saint-Louis. In 1847, he became a member of the Académie de médecine. He died during the 1866 Paris cholera epidemic.Camille Melchior Gibert Arch Dermatol Syphilol. 1934;30(1):101-103. doi:10.1001/archderm.1934.01460130109014.
Gibert contributed to the Medical section of the Encyclopédie Méthodique.La France littéraire ou dictionnaire bibliographique des savants, historiens et gens de lettres de la France, ainsi que les littérateurs étrangers qui ont écrit en français, p. 6:347
Gibert is remembered for providing the first accurate description of a papulosquamous skin disorder that he named pityriasis rosea. Historically, this condition was also referred to as "Gibert disease".Stedman's Medical Eponyms by Thomas Lathrop Stedman His best written work on skin diseases was a book called "Traité pratique des maladies spéciales de la peau" (second edition, 1840).Traité pratique des maladies spéciales de la peau HathiTrust Digital Library
In 1859, with Dr. Joseph-Alexandre Auzias-Turenne (1812–1870), Gibert took part in controversial experiments in which three volunteers were inoculated with secondary syphilis.Sexual Cultures in Europe: Themes in Sexuality by Lesley A. Hall
References Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology & Venereology (biographical information)