- Edmund Lesser
Edmund Lesser (
May 12 ,1852 -June 7 ,1918 ) was a Germandermatologist who was a native of Neisse.He studied medicine at the Universities of Berlin, Bonn and Strasbourg, and in 1876 earned his medical doctorate. Later he became an assistant to
Oskar Simon (1845-1892) at the dermatological clinic inBreslau , and in 1882 received his habilitation at theUniversity of Leipzig . In 1892 he was an associate professor at theUniversity of Bonn , and in 1896 was appointed chief physician of the syphilitic department at the Berlin-Charité . The following year he became head of the dermatological and syphilitic dispensary at the University of Berlin.Lesser was a leading authority in the field of
syphilis research. He was the author of "Lehrbuch der haut- und geschlechtskrankheiten für studirende und ärzte" (Textbook of Skin and Venereal Diseases for Students and Physicians) which ran for numerous editions and was included inAdolph Strümpell 's "Lehrbuch der speciellen Pathologie und Therapie der inneren Krankheiten". Also, withzoologist Richard Hertwig (1850-1937), he was co-author of "Über Rhizopoden und denselben nahestehende Organismen". Other publications by Lesser include:
* "Ueber Syphilis Maligna" (About Malignant Syphilis)
* "Beiträge zur Lehre vom Herpes Zoster" (Contributions to the Doctrine of Herpes Zoster)
* "Ueber Nebenwirkungen bei Injectionen Unlöslicher Quecksilberverbindungen" (Side Effects with Injections of Insoluble Mercury Compounds)
* "Ueber Syphilis Insontium" (About Syphilis Insontium)
* "Ueber Ischias Gonorrhoica" (About Sciatica Gonorhoica)
* "Die Aussatzhäuser des Mittelalters" (Leprosy Houses of the Middle Ages)References
* [http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=218&letter=L Jewish Encyclopedia, Biography]
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