Herxheimer
Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.
Summary
This article profiles Karl Herxheimer, a prominent German dermatologist and syphilidologist, detailing his career, major works, and the medical phenomena named after him.
Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)
HERXHEIMER, Karl (Karl Herxheimer, born 1861), a noted German dermatosyphilidologist, director of the university dermatological clinic in Frankfurt am Main from 1914; from 1894 director of the skin and venereal department of the city hospital in the same city. Having completed his medical faculty studies in Würzburg, he was an assistant at the Institute of General Pathology of K. Weigert, then an assistant at the dermatological clinic of A. Neisser (Breslau). G. is the author of a number of major works on the histology of the skin, pemphigus, chloracne, vegetating pyoderma, treatment of bubonic syphilis with X-rays, etc. One of the types of atrophic dermatitis (acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans) and one of the reactive phenomena of the skin—swelling and reddening of syphilitic foci under the influence of specific treatment—are named after him. Herxheimer is a member of many dermatological societies—German and foreign.
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“Herxheimer.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/herxheimer/