Leo von Zumbusch (28 June 1874, in

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– 30 March 1940, in

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) was an Austrian-German dermatologist. He was the son of sculptor Kaspar von Zumbusch (1830–1915). Leo von Zumbusch

He studied medicine in

, where he later worked as an assistant to dermatologists

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and Gustav Riehl. In 1906 he obtained his

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for dermatology and

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, and in 1912 became an associate professor.Leo Ritter von Zumbusch
at

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In 1909 he was named head of the Rudolfspital in Vienna, and four years later relocated to the

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. In 1915 he was appointed director of the department of syphilis and dermatology. In 1932/33 he served as university rector. In 1935 he was forced by the Nazi government to relinquish his position at the university for political reasons. In 1910 he described a rare form of generalized pustular psoriasis that is now referred to as Zumbusch psoriasis.

Selected works

* ''Therapie der Hautkrankheiten : für Ärzte und Studierende'', 1908 – Therapy of skin diseases for physicians and students. * ''Atlas der Syphilis'', translated into English in 1922 as "Atlas of syphilis". * ''Atlas der Hautkrankheiten'' (with Gustav Riehl), translated into English in 1925 as "Atlas of diseases of the skin".Atlas of diseases of the skin
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