Gustav Behrend, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German dermatologist
Date of Birth: 10-Jan-1847
Place of Birth: Szczecinek, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
Date of Death: 01-Jan-1925
Profession: writer, dermatologist
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Gustav Behrend
- Gustav Behrend (10 January 1847 – 1925) was a German dermatologist who was a native of Neustettin (today- Szczecinek, Poland). In 1870 he received his medical doctorate at the University of Berlin, and during the Franco-Prussian War, he served as an assistant at the Reserve Lazareth in Berlin.
- In 1882 he became a lecturer at Berlin, and in 1891 was appointed chief physician at the Municipal Dispensary for Sexual Diseases.
- In 1897 he received the title of professor. Behrend specialized in the fields of dermatology and syphilology, also dealing with the subject of prostitution.
- He was the author of numerous publications, including a well-regarded textbook on skin diseases, titled Lehrbuch der Hautkrankheiten (1883).
- He also contributed a number of articles to Albert Eulenburg's Real-Encyclopädie der gesamten Heilkunde.
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