Ernst Anton Franz Finger (name also spelled Ernest; 8 July 1856 – 17 April 1939) was an Austrian dermatologist born in

Prague Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...

. He was a leading authority regarding

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. In 1878 he obtained his medical doctorate at the

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, and later was an assistant to Hermann Edler von Zeissl (1817–1884) and

Isidor Neumann Isidor Neumann, Edler von Heilwart (2 March 1832, Mißlitz, Moravia – 31 August 1906) was an Austrian dermatologist. He was a student at the so-called Vienna School of Dermatology under Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra (1816–1880), earning his do ...

(1832–1906) at the Vienna clinic of skin diseases and

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. Beginning in 1883 he worked as a privat-docent of dermatology, becoming an associate professor in 1894. From 1904 to 1927 he served in Vienna as director of the second department of dermatology and sexually transmitted diseases. He was the author of the highly regarded ''Die Blennorrhoe der Sexualorgane und ihre Complicationen'' (

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's work on congenital syphilis. Other noted works by Dr. Finger include. * ''Die Syphilis und die venerischen Krankheiten'' (Syphilis and venereal diseases), (three editions 1886–1896). * ''Die Pathologie und Therapie der Sterilität beim Manne'' (The pathology and treatment of sterility in men); (1898). From 1906 to 1919 he was president of the ''Wiener Ärztekammer'' (Vienna Medical Association), and from 1925 to 1931, he served as president of the ''Obersten Sanitätsrates'' (Supreme Health Council).NDB/ADB Deutsche Biographie
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Finger, Ernst Austrian dermatologists Physicians from Prague Academic staff of the University of Vienna 1856 births 1939 deaths University of Vienna alumni Dermatologists from Austria-Hungary