Heinrich Auspitz

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Heinrich Auspitz

Carl Heinrich Auspitz (2 September 1835 in

Auguste Auspitz-Kólar (1843–1878).[2]

He was a member of the famous Moravian-Austrian Auspitz Family [de]. Heinrich was a son of Jewish surgeon Moritz [de] (1803, Nikolsburg – 1880). His younger brother Leopold [de] (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

Josef Škoda (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.[2] 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".[3] In 1885 he published an article involving mycosis fungoides titled "Ein Fall von Granuloma fungoides (Mycosis fungoides Alibert)".[4]

Together with

German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. In May 1886 he died from a heart condition, and was interred in the Wiener Zentralfriedhof.[2]

Award

Since 2005, the "Heinrich Auspitz Preis" has been awarded by the Wyeth and Pfizer Corporation Austria in order to promote scientific research in the field of dermatology.[5]

Selected works

  • Anatomie des Blattenprocesses. Virchows Archiv für pathologische Anatomie und Physiologie und für klinische Medicin, Berlin, 1863.
  • Die Lehren vom Syphilitischen Contagium und ihre thatsächliche Begründung; 384 pages. Wien, W. Braumüller, 1866.
  • Die Zelleninfiltrationen der Lederhaut bei Lupus, Syphilis und Skrophylose. Medizinische Jahrbücher, Wien, 1866.
  • Über das Verhältnis der Oberhaut zur Papillarschicht, insbesondere bei pathologischen Zuständen der Haut. Archiv für Dermatologie und Syphilis, Berlin, 1870; 2: 24-58.[6]

Notes and references

  1. Lit Verlag [de
    ]    , Wien; p. 40
  2. ^ a b c Statement(s) based on translated text from an equivalent article at the German Wikipedia.
  3. Who Named It
  4. Who Named It
  5. ^ [1] Statuten Heinrich Auspitz Preis
  6. Who Named It

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