Isidor Neumann, Edler von Heilwart (2 March 1832, Mißlitz,

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– 31 August 1906) was an

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. He was a student at the so-called

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under Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra (1816–1880), earning his doctorate in 1858. In 1863 he received his habilitation, and in 1873 became an associate professor. In 1881 he was appointed professor of dermatology and successor to

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(1810–1883) as director of the clinic for syphilis. In an 1886 publication of ''Vierteljahrsschrift für Dermatologie und Syphilis'', he described a type of

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vulgaris, which later became known as

Pemphigus vegetans of Neumann Pemphigus vegetans is a localized form of pemphigus vulgaris. in which there is a localized vegetating papillomatous response. The eroded areas do not heal like usual but form papillomatous growth and vegetation. Accounts for 1-2% of pemphigus c ...

. He was also the first to publish a detailed study (''Über die senilen Veränderungen der Haut des Menschen'') of prematurely aged skin caused by over-exposure to weather conditions. However it wasn't until several years later that Paul Gerson Unna (1850-1929) gave it a name, calling it ''seemannshaut'' or "sailors' skin". During the Austrian government's occupation of

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, Neumann was sent to the country to manage the public health problem of syphilis and leprosy.

Written works

* ''Lehrbuch der Hautkrankheiten'', 1869. * ''Ueber eine noch wenig bekannte Hautkrankheit'' (Dermatitis circumscripta herpetiformis). in Vierteljahrsschrift für Dermatologie und Syphilis, Vienna, 1875, 2: 41–52. (First description of Mibelli's disease II). * ''Ueber Pemphigus vegetans (frambosioides)''. in Vierteljahrsschrift für Dermatologie und Syphilis, Vienna, 1886, 13: 157–178. * ''Syphilis'' in Hermann Nothnagel's Handbuch der speciellen Pathologie und Therapie. Volume VIIIV, Vienna, 1896 4 volumes 1894-1905
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Journal of cutaneous diseases by the American Dermatological Association (1906)
(biography) 1832 births 1906 deaths People from Miroslav (Znojmo District) People from the Margraviate of Moravia Edlers of Austria Austrian dermatologists Academic staff of the University of Vienna {{austria-med-bio-stub