Ernst Anton Franz Finger (July 8, 1856 - April 17, 1939) was an Austrian dermatologist born in Prague

Prague

Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...

. He was a leading authority regarding venereal disease.

In 1878 he obtained his medical doctorate at the University of Vienna

University of Vienna

The University of Vienna is a public university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world...

, and later was an assistant to Hermann Edler von Zeissl

Hermann Edler von Zeissl

Hermann Edler von Zeissl was a Moravia-born Austrian Jewish dermatologist who was born in the village of Vierzighuben , near Zwittau, Moravia....

 (1817-1884) and Isidor Neumann

Isidor Neumann

Isidor Neumann, Edler von Heilwart was an Austrian dermatologist.He was a student at the so-called Vienna School of Dermatology under Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra , earning his doctorate in 1858. In 1863 he received his habilitation, and in 1873 became an associate professor...

 (1832-1906) at the Vienna clinic of skin diseases and syphilis

Syphilis

Syphilis is a sexually transmitted infection caused by the spirochete bacterium Treponema pallidum subspecies pallidum. The primary route of transmission is through sexual contact; however, it may also be transmitted from mother to fetus during pregnancy or at birth, resulting in congenital syphilis...

. In 1894 he became a professor at the University of Vienna

Vienna

Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

, where from 1904 to 1927 was director of the second department of dermatology and sexually transmitted diseases.

He was the author of the highly regarded Die Blennorrhoe der Sexualorgane und ihre Complicationen (Blennorrhea

Blennorrhea

Blennorrhea is mucous discharge, especially from the urethra or vagina .Blennorrhagia is an excess of such discharge, often specifically referring to that seen in gonorrhea. In fact, blennorrhagia is also a German name of Gonorrhea that was previously in use, but now no longer in technical use....

 of the Sexual Organs and associated Complications), which was published in several editions, and also 'Die Vererbung der Syphilis, a book which was an edition of Jean Alfred Fournier

Jean Alfred Fournier

Jean Alfred Fournier was a French dermatologist who specialized in the study of venereal diseases.As a young man he served as an interne at the Hôpital du Midi as an understudy to Philippe Ricord . In 1863 he became médecine des hôpitaux, and from 1867 worked with Augustin Grisolle at the...

's work on congenital syphilis

Congenital syphilis

Congenital syphilis is syphilis present in utero and at birth, and occurs when a child is born to a mother with secondary syphilis. Untreated syphilis results in a high risk of a bad outcome of pregnancy, including mulberry molars in the fetus. Syphilis can cause miscarriages, premature births,...

. Other noted works by Dr. Finger include.

• Die Syphilis und die venerischen Krankheiten (Syphilis and Venereal Diseases), (3 editions 1886-1896)
• Die Pathologie und Therapie der Sterilität beim Manne (The Pathology and Treatment of Sterility in Men) (1898)

From 1906 to 1919 he was president of the Wiener Ärztekammer (Vienna Medical Association).