Felix Lewandowsky
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Felix Lewandowsky was a German dermatologist who was a native of Hamburg
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(1863–1936). Afterwards he returned to Hamburg where he worked in Eduard Arning
’s (1855–1936) department at St. Georg's Hospital. In 1917 he was appointed director of the dermatological clinic at Basel
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Lewandowsky specialized in the study of tuberculosis
and infantile skin diseases, and in 1916 published an important work on tuberculosis of the skin titled Die Tuberkulose der Haut. With Dr. Jadassohn he described an ectodermal dysplasia
now known as Jadassohn-Lewandowsky syndrome, and just prior to his death he described epidermodysplasia verruciformis
, a rare skin disease sometimes known as Lewandowsky-Lutz dysplasia (named along with dermatologist Wilhelm Lutz 1888-1958).
He died on October 31, 1921.
Hamburg
-History:The first historic name for the city was, according to Claudius Ptolemy's reports, Treva.But the city takes its modern name, Hamburg, from the first permanent building on the site, a castle whose construction was ordered by the Emperor Charlemagne in AD 808...
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Biography
He was born on October 1, 1879 and in 1902 he earned his doctorate at Strassburg. From 1903 until 1907 he worked at the dermatological clinic in Bern where he was an assistant to Josef JadassohnJosef Jadassohn
Joseph Jadassohn was a German dermatologist.He was an assistant to Albert Neisser at the Allerheiligen-Hospital in Breslau until 1892, the director of the university skin clinic in Bern , and later a professor of dermatology at Breslau University .Jadassohn was among the first to take an...
(1863–1936). Afterwards he returned to Hamburg where he worked in Eduard Arning
Eduard Arning
Eduard Arning was an English-German dermatologist and microbiologist from Manchester. Arning was educated at the Gelehrtenschule des Johanneums. In 1879 he obtained his medical doctorate from Strassburg, and afterwards was a medical assistant in Strassburg under Adolf Kussmaul , and in Berlin...
’s (1855–1936) department at St. Georg's Hospital. In 1917 he was appointed director of the dermatological clinic at Basel
Basel
Basel or Basle In the national languages of Switzerland the city is also known as Bâle , Basilea and Basilea is Switzerland's third most populous city with about 166,000 inhabitants. Located where the Swiss, French and German borders meet, Basel also has suburbs in France and Germany...
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Lewandowsky specialized in the study of tuberculosis
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis, MTB, or TB is a common, and in many cases lethal, infectious disease caused by various strains of mycobacteria, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis usually attacks the lungs but can also affect other parts of the body...
and infantile skin diseases, and in 1916 published an important work on tuberculosis of the skin titled Die Tuberkulose der Haut. With Dr. Jadassohn he described an ectodermal dysplasia
Dysplasia
Dysplasia , is a term used in pathology to refer to an abnormality of development. This generally consists of an expansion of immature cells, with a corresponding decrease in the number and location of mature cells. Dysplasia is often indicative of an early neoplastic process...
now known as Jadassohn-Lewandowsky syndrome, and just prior to his death he described epidermodysplasia verruciformis
Epidermodysplasia verruciformis
Epidermodysplasia verruciformis is an extremely rare autosomal recessive genetic hereditary skin disorder associated with a high risk of carcinoma of the skin. It is characterized by abnormal susceptibility to human papillomaviruses of the skin...
, a rare skin disease sometimes known as Lewandowsky-Lutz dysplasia (named along with dermatologist Wilhelm Lutz 1888-1958).
He died on October 31, 1921.