Rudolf Erhard Riecke (11 May 1869, in Aschersleben – 15 November 1939, in Leipzig) was a German dermatologist and

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. He studied medicine at the universities of Munich and

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, receiving his doctorate in 1895. In 1902 he obtained his

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for dermatology at the University of Leipzig, and in 1908 became an associate professor. From 1914 onward, he was a professor of dermatology at the University of Göttingen, where in 1932 he was named

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. In 1917 he was appointed director of the new university policlinic for skin and venereal diseases.Rudolf Erhard Riecke
at Who Named It He is remembered for his research of

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, a disease he classified into three types based on severity (ichthyosis congenita gravis, mitis and tarda). In 1900 he published ''Über Ichtyosis congenita'' regarding the disorder.

Selected works

* ''Hygiene der Haut, Haare und Nägel, im gesunden und kranken Zustande'', 1905 – Hygiene of the skin, hair and nails, in healthy and diseased conditions. * ''Verzeichnis der periodischen Schriften medizinischen und naturwissenschaftlichen Inhalts in der Bibliothek, den medizinischen und naturwissenschaftlichen Instituten der Universität Leipzig'' (Based on

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, continued by Erhard Riecke, 1907) – List of the periodicals of medical and natural sciences in the library, the medical and natural sciences institutes of the University of Leipzig. * ''Lehrbuch der Haut- und Geschlechtskrankheiten'' (1909, 5th edition 1920) – Textbook of skin and sexual diseases. * ''Creeping disease'' (with

Johann Heinrich Rille Johann Heinrich Rille (10 December 1864, in Brünn – 14 December 1956, in Höflein an der Donau) was an Austrian dermatologist and venereologist. From 1883 to 1891 he studied archaeology, linguistics, anthropology and medicine at the universit ...

) In: Handbuch der Hautkrankheiten, volume 4, 2, 1909 – The

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.Rudolf Erhard Riecke - bibliography
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Riecke, Erhard 1869 births 1939 deaths People from Aschersleben Academic staff of Leipzig University Academic staff of the University of Göttingen German dermatologists German venereologists