Edmund Leser (1 May 1853, in

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– 11 December 1916, in

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) was a German

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remembered for describing the Leser-Trélat sign (named with

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, 1828–1890). He studied

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and served in the

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as an artillery officer before studying medicine in

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. He received his doctorate in 1880 and worked as Richard von Volkmann's assistant in Halle. He qualified as a surgeon in 1884, and became a professor in 1894, practicing in Halle and Frankfurt. He was the author of ''Lehrbuch der speciellen Chirurgie in 50 Vorlesungen'' (Textbook of special surgery in 50 lectures), published in several editions.Pagel: Biographisches Lexikon hervorragender Ärzte des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts. Berlin, Wien 1901, Sp. 992.
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