Eduard Heinrich Henoch (June 16, 1820

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– August 26, 1910) was a German

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. He taught at the Berlin University (1868–1894). Henoch was of Jewish descent, and was the nephew of

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Work

After taking the degree of

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at Berlin (1843), he began to practise as a specialist in

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s of children. Until 1850 he was assistant at the children's dispensary of the university. In that year he became privat-docent; in 1858, assistant professor. In 1872 Henoch became

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of the hospital and

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of the department of

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at the

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. In 1893 he resigned that position, received the title of ''Medicinalrath'', and lived in retirement at Meran until 1898, when he removed to

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. In 1868 he described the association of colic, bloody diarrhea, painful joints, and rash in the condition, previously described by his former medical school teacher

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, of the allergic non- thrombopenic

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l rash that became known as Henoch–Schönlein purpura, though now known as IgA vasculitis.

Literary works

Among his works may be mentioned: * "''Klinik der Unterleibskrankheiten''," 3 vols., Berlin, 1852–58, 3d ed. 1863; * "''Beiträge zur Kinderheilkunde''," two parts, ib. 1861–68; * "''Vorlesungen über Kinderkrankheiten''," ib. 1881, 10th ed. 1899. * translated from the English of Budd "''Die Krankheiten der Leber''," Berlin, 1846, * edited

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's "''Handbuch der Medizinischen Klinik''," Erlangen, 1854–56 * West's "''Pathologie und Therapie der Kinderkrankheiten''," 4th ed., Berlin, 1865.

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* * 1820 births 1910 deaths German pediatricians 19th-century German Jews Humboldt University of Berlin alumni Physicians of the Charité {{Germany-med-bio-stub