Philipp Josef Pick (14 October 1834, Neustadt an der Mettau - 3 June 1910,

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) was a

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from the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Biography

He studied medicine at the

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as a pupil of Josef Hyrtl and

Carl von Rokitansky Baron Carl von Rokitansky (, ; 19 February 1804 – 23 July 1878) was a Czech-born Austrian empire, Austrian physician, pathologist, humanist philosopher and liberal politician, founder of the Viennese School of Medicine of the 19th century. He ...

. He obtained his doctorate in 1860 and served as an assistant to

Joseph Škoda Joseph Škoda (; 10 December 1805 – 13 June 1881) was a Czech-born Austrian physician, medical professor and dermatologist. Together with Carl Freiherr von Rokitansky, he was the founder of the Modern Medical School of Vienna. Life Škoda ...

, Carl Ludwig Sigmund and

Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra Ferdinand Karl Franz Schwarzmann, Ritter von Hebra (7 September 1816 – 5 August 1880) was an Austrian physician and dermatologist known as the founder of the New Vienna School of Dermatology, an important group of physicians who established ...

in Vienna.Journal of Cutaneous Diseases Including Syphilis, Volume 29
/ref> In 1867 he received his

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at the University of Prague, becoming an associate professor six years later. From 1896 to 1906 he was a full professor of dermatology at the University of Prague.Philipp Josef Pick
at

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He was the first to describe the bacterial infection ''Trichomycosis palmellina'', and independent of

Heinrich Köbner Heinrich Koebner (German spelling Köbner); (2 December 1838 – 3 September 1904) was a German Jew, German-Jewish dermatologist born in Breslau. He studied medicine in Berlin, earning his doctorate in 1859 at Breslau. Afterwards he performed ...

(and shortly afterwards), he discovered ''

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'' in

eczema marginatum Dermatitis is a term used for different types of skin inflammation, typically characterized by itchiness, redness and a rash. In cases of short duration, there may be small blisters, while in long-term cases the skin may become thickened. T ...

. He also made contributions in his research of

molluscum contagiosum Molluscum contagiosum (MC), sometimes called water warts, is a viral infection of the skin that results in small raised pink lesions with a dimple in the center. They may become itchy or sore, and occur singularly or in groups. Any area of the ...

, melanosis lenticularis progressiva,

urticaria pigmentosa Urticaria pigmentosa (also known as generalized eruption of cutaneous mastocytosis (childhood type)James, William; Berger, Timothy; Elston, Dirk (2005). ''Andrews' Diseases of the Skin: Clinical Dermatology''. (10th ed.). Saunders. . ) is the most ...

, erythromelia and acne frontalis. With German dermatologist

Karl Herxheimer Karl Herxheimer (; 26 June 1861 – 6 December 1942) was a German-Jewish dermatologist who was a native of Wiesbaden. He studied medicine at the universities of Freiburg, Strasbourg and Würzburg, receiving his doctorate in 1885 with a thes ...

, the eponymous "Pick-Herxheimer disease" is named, a disorder also known as

acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans Acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans (ACA) is a skin rash indicative of the third or late stage of European Lyme disease, Lyme borreliosis. ACA is a dermatology, dermatological condition that takes a chronically progressive course and finally le ...

. He is credited for introducing

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into dermatology and for employing emplastrum saponatum salicylicum for the treatment of

eczema Dermatitis is a term used for different types of skin inflammation, typically characterized by itchiness, redness and a rash. In cases of short duration, there may be small blisters, while in long-term cases the skin may become thickened ...

. In 1869, with

Heinrich Auspitz Carl Heinrich Auspitz (2 September 1835 in Nikolsburg, Moravia – 22 May 1886 in Vienna) was a Jewish Austrian dermatologist. He was the husband of pianist Auguste Auspitz-Kólar (1843–1878).Statement(s) based on translated text from an equiva ...

, he founded the journal ''

Archiv für Dermatologie und Syphilis ''Archives of Dermatological Research'', published by Springer Science+Business Media, is a peer-reviewed medical journal that focuses on dermatology, skin disease. It was established as the in 1869 by Heinrich Auspitz and Philipp Josef Pick. Spri ...

'', later to be known as the "''Vierteljahresschrift für Dermatologie und Syphilis''". In 1889, with

Albert Neisser Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser (22 January 1855, Schweidnitz – 30 July 1916, Breslau) was a German physician who discovered the causative agent (pathogen) of gonorrhea, a strain of bacteria that was named in his honour (''Neisseria gonorrhoe ...

, he founded the "''Deutschen Dermatologischen Gesellschaft''".Krankheit, Sexualität, Gesellschaft:
by Lutz Sauerteig In 1888 he became an honorary member of the American Dermatological Association. Philipp Josef Pick is the father of the internist and medical historian

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(1867-1926), the dermatologist Walter Pick (1874-1932) and the chemist Hans Pick (1879-1942), who was deported from Prague to Theresienstadt on May 12, 1942, victim of the Holocaust in

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pick, Philipp Josef 1834 births 1910 deaths University of Vienna alumni Physicians from Austria-Hungary Academic staff of Charles University People from Nové Město nad Metují German Bohemian people Dermatologists Jewish physicians