Abraham Buschke (27 September 1868 – 25 February 1943) was a
Jewish
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German dermatologist
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who was a native of
Nakel in the
Province of Posen.
Life
In 1891 he received his doctorate in
Berlin
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, and afterwards was a
surgical assistant in
Greifswald
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. Later he worked at dermatological clinics in
Breslau under
Albert Neisser (1855–1916) and in Berlin with
Edmund Lesser (1852–1918). In 1906 he became head of dermatology at
Rudolf Virchow Hospital in
Wedding
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.
In 1943 he died in the Nazi concentration camp at
Theresienstadt,
Bohemia
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.
Work
Abraham Buschke specialized in research of
venereal disease. In 1926 with
Martin Gumpert (1897–1955) he published a treatise on
syphilis
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in children titled ''Geschlechtskrankheiten bei Kindern'' (Venereal Diseases in Children). His name is associated with several eponymous dermatological disorders, including:
*
Buschke's scleredema: Hardening and thickening of the skin, usually on the upper back, neck, shoulders and face. Its
etiology is unknown, but it is often associated with
diabetes.
* Buschke–Löwenstein tumor: Also known as giant
condyloma acuminatum; a variety of venereal wart characterized by its large, cauliflower-like appearance. Named with Ludwig Loewenstein (1885–1959).
*
Buschke–Ollendorff syndrome: Also called disseminated lenticular dermatofibrosis. Named with dermatologist
Helene Ollendorff Curth.
In 1894 with
pathologist Otto Busse (1867–1922) Buschke described an infectious disease caused by the
fungus
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''
Cryptococcus neoformans''. This condition is sometimes referred to as Busse–Buschke disease.
References
External links
''Abraham Buschke''@
Who Named It
e-Medicine(article on Scleredema)
German dermatologists
Dermatologists
Jewish physicians
1868 births
1943 deaths
German people who died in the Theresienstadt Ghetto
People from the Province of Posen
People from Nakło nad Notecią
19th-century German physicians
20th-century German physicians
20th-century German scientists
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