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Hebra, Ferdinand Ritter von
© Copyright Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra. Painting. Hebra, Ritter* Ferdinand, von, b. Brno, Czech Republic (then Brünn), Sept. 7, 1816, d. Vienna, Aug. 5, 1880, dermatologist. 1849 university professor in Vienna; put the research of skin diseases on a scientific basis, creating the terminology and setting up a separate department of dermatology (which he headed from 1845) in the Vienna General Hospital. Introduced the waterbed treatment and discovered the cause of scabies. Made Vienna the centre of dermatological studies. President of the Austrian Physicians' Society. Publications: Atlas der Hautkrankheiten, 10 instalments, 1856-1876; Almanach der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1881 (list of works). Literature: ÖBL.
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