Abraham Buschke (27 September 1868 – 25 February 1943) was a
Jewish
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German
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dermatologist
Dermatology is the branch of medicine dealing with the skin.''Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.'' Random House, Inc. 2001. Page 537. . It is a speciality with both medical and surgical aspects. A dermatologist is a specialist medica ...
who was a native of
Nakel in the
Province of Posen.
Life
In 1891 he received his doctorate in
Berlin
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, and afterwards was a
surgical
Surgery ''cheirourgikē'' (composed of χείρ, "hand", and ἔργον, "work"), via la, chirurgiae, meaning "hand work". is a medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a person to investigate or treat a pat ...
assistant in
Greifswald
Greifswald (), officially the University and Hanseatic City of Greifswald (german: Universitäts- und Hansestadt Greifswald, Low German: ''Griepswoold'') is the fourth-largest city in the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania after Rosto ...
. Later he worked at dermatological clinics in
Breslau under
Albert Neisser (1855–1916) and in Berlin with
Edmund Lesser
Edmund Lesser (12 May 1852 – 7 June 1918) was a German dermatologist who was a native of Neisse.
He studied medicine at the universities of Berlin, Bonn and Strasbourg, earning his medical doctorate in 1876. Later he became an assistant to Osk ...
(1852–1918). In 1906 he became head of dermatology at
Rudolf Virchow Hospital in
Wedding
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. In 1943 he died in the Nazi concentration camp at
Theresienstadt
Theresienstadt Ghetto was established by the SS during World War II in the fortress town of Terezín, in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia ( German-occupied Czechoslovakia). Theresienstadt served as a waystation to the extermination ca ...
,
Bohemia.
Work
Abraham Buschke specialized in research of
venereal disease
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs), also referred to as sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and the older term venereal diseases, are infections that are Transmission (medicine), spread by Human sexual activity, sexual activity, especi ...
. In 1926 with
Martin Gumpert (1897–1955) he published a treatise on
syphilis in children titled ''Geschlechtskrankheiten bei Kindern'' (Venereal Diseases in Children). His name is associated with several eponymous dermatological disorders, including:
*
Buschke's scleredema: Hardening and thickening of the skin, usually on the upper back, neck, shoulders and face. Its
etiology is unknown, but it is often associated with
diabetes
Diabetes, also known as diabetes mellitus, is a group of metabolic disorders characterized by a high blood sugar level ( hyperglycemia) over a prolonged period of time. Symptoms often include frequent urination, increased thirst and increased ...
.
* Buschke–Löwenstein tumor: Also known as giant
condyloma acuminatum; a variety of venereal wart characterized by its large, cauliflower-like appearance. Named with Ludwig Loewenstein (1885–1959).
*
Buschke–Ollendorff syndrome
Buschke–Ollendorff syndrome (BOS) is a rare genetic disorder associated with LEMD3. It is believed to be inherited in an autosomal dominant manner. It is named for Abraham Buschke and Helene Ollendorff Curth, who described it in a 45-year-old ...
: Also called disseminated lenticular dermatofibrosis. Named with dermatologist
Helene Ollendorff Curth.
In 1894 with
pathologist
Pathology is the study of the causes and effects of disease or injury. The word ''pathology'' also refers to the study of disease in general, incorporating a wide range of biology research fields and medical practices. However, when used in t ...
Otto Busse
Otto Emil Franz Ulrich Busse (; December 6, 1867 – February 3, 1922) was a German pathologist. Busse was born in Gühlitz, Prignitz, Germany.
He studied medicine at the University of Greifswald, and subsequently became an assistant to Paul ...
(1867–1922) Buschke described an infectious disease caused by the
fungus
A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom, separately from t ...
''
Cryptococcus neoformans
''Cryptococcus neoformans'' is an encapsulated yeast belonging to the class Tremellomycetes and an obligate aerobe that can live in both plants and animals. Its teleomorph is a filamentous fungus, formerly referred to ''Filobasidiella neoforman ...
''. This condition is sometimes referred to as Busse–Buschke disease.
References
External links
''Abraham Buschke''@
Who Named It
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e-Medicine(article on Scleredema)
German dermatologists
Jewish physicians
1868 births
1943 deaths
German people who died in the Theresienstadt Ghetto
People from the Province of Posen
People from Nakło nad Notecią
19th-century German physicians
20th-century German physicians
20th-century German scientists
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