Salomon Ehrmann (December 19, 1854 - October 24, 1926) was a Jewish-Austrian dermatologist and histologist born in the village of Ostrovec, today part of the Czech Republic. He was an important member of the so-called

Vienna School of Dermatology {{Short description, Group of dermatologists affiliated to the University of Vienna The Vienna School of Dermatology was a group of dermatologists affiliated to the University of Vienna who became an important reference in the development of modern ...

, a group founded by

Ferdinand von Hebra Ferdinand Karl Franz Schwarzmann, Ritter von Hebra (7 September 1816, in Brno, Moravia – 5 August 1880 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary) was an Austrian physician and dermatologist known as the founder of the New Vienna School of Dermatology, an i ...

(1816–1888). Ehrmann was a pupil of histopathologist

Carl Wedl Carl Wedl (14 October 1815 – 21 September 1891) was an Austrian pathologist who was a native of Vienna. In 1841 he obtained his doctorate in Vienna, and subsequently practiced medicine in Ischl and Salzburg. In 1844 he took a scientific jou ...

(1815–1891) at the University of Vienna. He later became director of the dermatological department at Vienna General Hospital. He specialized in the field of

syphilology Syphilis () is a sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium ''Treponema pallidum'' subspecies ''pallidum''. The signs and symptoms of syphilis vary depending in which of the four stages it presents (primary, secondary, latent, an ...

, and is remembered for his research involving the parasite '' Spirochaetae pallida'' (the causative agent of syphilis), and its spread throughout the human body. In 1895 he described acne keloidalis, which he referred to as '' folliculitis nuchae sclerotisans''. Among his written works was a comparative diagnostic atlas of skin diseases called ''Vergleichend-diagnostischer Atlas der Hautkrankheiten und der Syphilide''. Other published works by Ehrmann include: * ''Kompendium der speziellen Histopathologie der Haut'' (with Johannes Fick), 1905 * ''Uber die Beziehungen der Spirochaeta pallida zu den Lymph- und Blutbahnen'' * ''Die Phagocytose und die Degenerationsformen der Spirochaete pallida im Primäraffekt und Lymphstrang'', 1906 * ''Beziehungen der ekzematösen Erkrankungen zu inneren Leiden'', 1924.

References

AEIOU; Short Biography
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External links

The Evolution of Dermatology- The American Experience by Jag Bhagwan

Digitized periodical (B41.1)
for the B'nai B'rith humanitarian association, edited by Salomon Ehrmann 1854 births 1926 deaths People from Písek District People from the Kingdom of Bohemia Czech Jews Austro-Hungarian Jews Austrian histologists Austrian dermatologists Czech dermatologists {{austria-med-bio-stub