Heinrich Auspitz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Heinrich Auspitz

Jewish Austrian dermatologist

Date of Birth: 02-Sep-1835

Place of Birth: Mikulov, South Moravian Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 23-May-1886

Profession: university teacher, dermatologist

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Heinrich Auspitz

  • Carl Heinrich Auspitz (September 2, 1835 in Nikolsburg, Moravia – 22 May 1886 in Vienna) was a Jewish Austrian dermatologist.
  • He was the husband of pianist Auguste Auspitz-Kólar (1843–1878).He was a member of the famous Moravian-Austrian Auspitz Family.
  • Heinrich was a son of Jewish surgeon Moritz (1803, Nikolsburg – 1880).
  • His younger brother Leopold (1838, Nikolsburg – 1907) was an Imperial & Royal Generalmajor and writer.
  • In 1840, Moritz was given a job at a Jewish hospital in Vienna, and allowed better education to his sons. Trained at the University of Vienna, he specialized in dermatology and syphilis.
  • He was part of the so-called Vienna School of Dermatology, and studied and worked with several eminent physicians of the time; Ernst Wilhelm (Ritter von) Brücke (1819, Berlin – 1892), Karel (Carl) Freiherr von Rokytanský (1804, Bohemia – 1878), Josef Å koda (1805, Bohemia –1881), Johann Ritter von Oppolzer (1808, Bohemia – 1871), and Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra (1816, Moravia –1880). In 1863 he became a privat-docent of dermatology and syphilis, and during the following year began work in the histological institute of Carl Wedl.
  • In 1872 he was named director of the general policlinic, and from 1875 onward, was an associate professor at the university. A pioneer in tissue pathology, he described the pinpoint bleeding on removal of a psoriasis scale that bears his name: "Auspitz's sign".
  • In 1885 he published an article involving mycosis fungoides titled "Ein Fall von Granuloma fungoides (Mycosis fungoides Alibert)".Together with Philipp Josef Pick (1834-1910), he founded first German-language magazine for dermatology, the "Archiv für Dermatologie und Syphilis" (1869).
  • In 1882 he became a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.
  • In May 1886 he died from a heart condition, and was interred in the Wiener Zentralfriedhof.

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