Oskar Simon (2 January 1845 – 2 March 1882) was a German dermatologist who was a native of Berlin.
He studied medicine in Berlin, where he earned his doctorate in 1868. He furthered his education in Vienna, where he took classes from
Ferdinand von Hebra
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(1816-1880) and
Hermann Edler von Zeissl
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surgeon
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, and in 1872 became a lecturer of skin diseases and
syphilis
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in Berlin.
In 1878 he succeeded
Heinrich Koebner
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(1838-1904) as professor of dermatology at the University of Breslau, and also became chief physician at Allerheiligen Hospital. Among his students were
Albert Neisser
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(1855-1916),
Edmund Lesser
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(1852-1918) and
Eduard Arning
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(1855-1936). Oskar Simon died from
carcinoma
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* ''Zur Anatomie des Xanthoma palpebrarum'', 1872 (with E. Geber) - On the anatomy of xanthoma palpebrarum.
* ''Die Localisation der Hautkrankheiten, Histologisch und Klinisch Bearbeitet'', 1873 - Localization of skin diseases, histologically and clinically analyzed.
* ''Ueber das Molluscum Contagiosum'', 1876 - On molluscum contagiosum.
* ''Ueber multiple, kachektische Hautgangrän'', 1878 - On multiple,
cachetic
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gangrene of the skin.
* ''Ueber Prurigo und die Behandlung Derselben mit Pilocarpin'', 1879 - On prurigo and treatment with pilocarpine.
* ''Ueber die Einführung der animalen Vaccine'', 1879 - On the introduction of animal vaccine.
* ''Ueber Maculae coeruleae (Taches ombrées, taches bleues)'', 1881 - On maculae caeruleae (shaded spots, blue spots)
* ''Ueber Balanopostho-Mykosis'', 1881 - On balanopostho- mycosis.
References
biography @
Jewish Encyclopedia
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