Jörgen Nielsen Schaumann (1879 – 1953) was a Swedish

dermatologist Dermatology is the branch of medicine dealing with the skin.''Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.'' Random House, Inc. 2001. Page 537. . It is a speciality with both medical and surgical aspects. A dermatologist is a specialist medi ...

. He studied medicine at the

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, obtaining his medicine license at

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in 1907. Subsequently, he performed dermatological duties at St. Göran's Hospital in

, and in 1912, began work as a physician at the also at St. Göran's Hospital in

, where he remained until retirement in 1946. In 1939 he received the title of professor. Schaumann's name is associated with the Besnier-Boeck-Schaumann disease. In 1917 he published an article on the disease, from which the systemic nature of the disease came to be realized by the medical community. His name is also lent to Schaumann bodies, which are

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-containing

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found in the

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giant cells A giant cell (also known as a multinucleated giant cell, or multinucleate giant cell) is a mass formed by the union of several distinct cells (usually histiocytes), often forming a granuloma. Although there is typically a focus on the pathologic ...

sarcoidosis Sarcoidosis (; also known as Besnier–Boeck–Schaumann disease) is a disease involving abnormal collections of White blood cell, inflammatory cells that form lumps known as granulomata. The disease usually begins in the lungs, skin, or lymph n ...

and

berylliosis Berylliosis, or chronic beryllium disease (CBD), is a chronic allergic-type lung response and chronic lung disease caused by exposure to beryllium and its compounds, a form of beryllium poisoning. It is distinct from acute beryllium poisoning, wh ...

. Schaumann bodies were initially described in 1871 by

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(1837-1881), a pathologist at the

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. Following retirement, Schaumann conducted research involving new aspects of benign lymphogranulomatosis. Schaumann was an accomplished artist, whose paintings and sculptures adorned several locations in Stockholm. In 1946 he became an honorary doctor at the

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, and during the following year, he became a corresponding member of the ''

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''.

Written works

* ''Recherches sur le lupus pernio et ses relations avec les sarcoides cutanées et sous-cutanées'', (paper on Boeck's sarcoid). Nordiskt medicinskt Arkiv, Stockholm, 1917, avd. II, nr. 17: 1-81. * ''Étude sur le lupus pernio et ses rapports avec sarcoïdes et la tuberculose'', in Annales de dermatologie et de syphilographie, Paris, 1917, 5 sér., 6: 357–373. * ''Le lupus pernio et les sarcoides au point de vue étiologique'', Acta Dermato-Venereologica, Stockholm, 1923: 679–696. * ''Sur le lupus pernio, mémoire présenté en Novembre 1914 à la Société française de Dermatologie et de Syphiligraphie pour le Prix Zambaco'', Stockholm 1934.

References

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Swedish dermatologists 1879 births 1953 deaths Karolinska Institute alumni {{Sweden-med-bio-stub