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HEBRA, Ferdinand Karl Franz Schwarzmann, Ritter von (1816 – 1880)

HEBRA, Ferdinand Karl Franz Schwarzmann, Ritter von (1816 – 1880)

1816 – 1880

6 entries in the GMN corpus.

Image source Public domain

1845 CE

#3991

Versuch einer auf pathologische Anatomie gegründeten Eintheilung der Hautkrankheiten.

Hebra’s classification of skin diseases was based upon their pathological anatomy.

1856 CE–1876 CE

#3992

Atlas der Hautkrankheiten. 10 parts.

Hebra's work includes 104 spectacular folio-sized chromolithographed plates reproducing paintings by Anton Elfinger and Carl Heitzmann.

1857 CE

#4045

Lichen exsudativus ruber.

First description of this condition (“Hebra’s pityriasis”).

1860 CE

#4049

Das umschriebene Eczem. Eczema marginatum. In Virchow’s Handbuch der spec. Path. u. Therap., 3, 1 Abt., 361-63.

Complete description of tinea cruris (eczema marginatum), first described by Bärensprung in 1854.

1866 CE–1880 CE

#9969

Diseases of the skin, including the exanthemata by Ferdinand Hebra. Vol. 1: Translated and edited by C. Hilton Fagge. Vol. 2: Tr. and ed

Digital facsimile of vol. 1 from the Hathi Trust at this link.

1872 CE

#4062

Ueber einzelne während der Schwangerschaft, dem Wochenbette und bei Uterinalkrankheiten der Frauen zu beobachtende Hautkrankheiten.

Hebra was the first to describe impetigo herpetiformis, more fully dealt with by Kaposi, his son-in-law.