BOECK, Carl Wilhelm (1808 – 1875)
1808 – 1875
2 entries in the GMN corpus.
Image source Unknown author Unknown author · Norsk Portræt-Galleri . Christiania: Chr. Tønsberg, 1877. · Public domain
1842 CE
#4033
Om den spedalske sygdom. Elephantiasis graecorum.
Boeck, eminent Norwegian dermatologist and syphilologist, was the first to describe Norwegian itch, scabies crustosa (“Boeck’s scabies”).
1847 CE
#2434
Om spedalskhed. Udgivet efter Foranstaltning af den Kongelige Norske Regjerings Department for det Indre. 1 vol. and atlas.
First modern description of leprosy (“Danielssen-Boeck disease’’). Danielssen, physician to the leprosy hospital at Bergen, was the founder of scientific leprology. The extremely rare Atlas consists …