Johann Heinrich Rille (10 December 1864, in Brünn – 14 December 1956, in Höflein an der Donau) was an Austrian dermatologist and

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. From 1883 to 1891 he studied archaeology, linguistics, anthropology and medicine at the universities of Vienna and

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. From 1892 he served as an assistant to

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at Vienna, where in 1897 he obtained his

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for dermatology. In 1898 he became an associate professor at the University of Innsbruck,Plett - Schmidseder
/ edited by Walther Killy ''Dictionary of German Biography'' and four years later succeeded dermatologist

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at the University of Leipzig. In 1904 he became an honorary professor of dermatology at Leipzig, followed by a full professorship in 1919. In 1921/22 he served as dean to the medical faculty.Prof. Dr. med. Johann Heinrich Rille
Professorenkatalog der Universität Leipzig In 1940 he became a member of the Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina. In 1922 he was the first to describe the distinctive features of a condition later known as

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("Rille-Comél disease"). With Paul Gerson Unna, he was editor of the journals ''Dermatologische Wochenschrift'' and ''Dermatologischen Studien''.

Selected works

* ''Lehrbuch der Haut- und Geschlechtskrankeinheiten'' – Textbook of skin and sexual diseases. * ''Creeping disease'' (with Rudolf Erhard Riecke) In: Handbuch der Hautkrankheiten, volume 4, 2, 1909 –

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. * ''Die Schädigungen der Haut durch Beruf und gewerbliche Arbeit'', (with Karl Ullmann; Moriz Oppenheim; 3 volumes, 1922–26) – Damage of the skin caused by professional and commercial work.OCLC WorldCat
Published works

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rille, Johann Heinrich 1864 births 1956 deaths Health professionals from Brno People from the Margraviate of Moravia Austrian venereologists Austrian dermatologists University of Vienna alumni University of Graz alumni Academic staff of Leipzig University Academic staff of the University of Innsbruck Moravian-German people Austrian people of Moravian-German descent Dermatologists from Austria-Hungary