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KAPOSI, Moritz Kohn (1837 – 1902)

KAPOSI, Moritz Kohn (1837 – 1902)

1837 – 1902

9 entries in the GMN corpus.

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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

#4063

Idiopathisches multiples Pigmentsarkom der Haut.

First description of “Kaposi’s sarcoma” – multiple idiopathic hemorrhagic sarcoma. English translation in CA, 1982, 32, 342-47.

1880 CE

#3995

Pathologie und Therapie der Hautkrankheiten.

English translation by J. C. Johnston in 1895.

1882 CE

#4080

Xeroderma pigmentosum.

Excellent pathological study of this condition (“Kaposi’s disease”), which he first described in Virchow’s Handbuch der speziellen Pathologie und Therapie, 1876, 2, 182.

1885 CE

#4085

Ueber eine neue Form von Hautkrankheit, “Lymphodermia perniciosa”.

First description of lymphoderma perniciosa, premycotic or leukemic erythrodermia.

1886 CE

#4086

Lichen ruber monileformis – Korallen schnurartiger Lichen ruber.

Kaposi is credited with the first description of this condition, sometimes called “Kaposi’s disease”, and probably a rare variety of lichen planus.

1887 CE

#4091

Impetigo herpetiformis.

Although not the first to describe this condition, Kaposi established its status.

1895 CE

#4120

Lichen ruber acuminatus und Lichen ruber planus.

1898 CE–1900 CE

#4001

Handatlas der Hautkrankheiten fur Studirende und Arzte. 3 pts.

An extensive and valuable collection of illustrations in dermatology. Includes 377 chromolithographs. "In publishing this hand atlas of skin diseases, I wish to provide students with an aid to their studies and genera…