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BOECK, Carl Wilhelm (1808 – 1875)

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 …