Georg Ledderhose

Dr. Georg Ledderhose was a German surgeon, December 15, 1855, Bockenheim, Regierungsbezirk Wiesbaden, Germany – February 1, 1925, Munich, Germany.^[1]

Ledderhose studied in Strasbourg^[2] under Georg Albert Lücke (1829-1894)^[1], receiving his medical doctorate in 1880 and later working in Strasbourg hospital as a surgeon.^[1] He became Professor for Surgery in Strasbourg in 1891.^[2] He later worked in Munich, where he became honorary professor.^[1]

In 1876, Ledderhose discovered glycosamine whilst working on cartilage with Ernst Felix Immanuel Hoppe-Seyler (1825-1895) in Strassburg.^[3] Although first identified by him, the stereochemistry of the compound was not fully defined until 1939 by the work of Walter Haworth.^[4]

Ledderhose was the first to describe the condition of plantar fibromatosis in 1894,^[5][6] which was later known as Ledderhose's disease.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} "Georg Ledderhose (www.WhoNamedIt.com)". http://www.whonamedit.com/doctor.cfm/3201.html. Retrieved 2007-12-28. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Georg Ledderhose". http://www.dupuytren-online.info/Georg_Ledderhose.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-28. 
3. ^ Joseph S. Fruton (1990). Contrasts in Scientific Style: Research Groups in the Chemical and Biochemical Sciences. DIANE. pp. 313. ISBN 0871691914. 
4. ^ Horton, Derek; Wander, J.D. (1980). The Carbohydrates Vol IB. New York: Academic Press. pp. 727–728. ISBN 042-556351-5. 
5. ^ Ledderhose G (1894). "Über Zerreisungen der Plantarfascie". Arch Klin Chir 48: 853–856. 
6. ^ "Dupuytren's contracture - Patient UK". http://www.patient.co.uk/showdoc/40001213/. Retrieved 2007-12-28. 

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Name	Ledderhose, Georg
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Date of birth	1855
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Date of death	1925
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