He later worked with his older brother, Salomon Herxheimer (1841–1899) in Frankfurt, where in 1894, he became director of the municipal dermatology clinic. Along with Paul Ehrlich, he was instrumental in founding the University of Frankfurt. In 1914 he became a professor for skin and venereal diseases at the new university. In August 1942, at the age of 81, he was taken to the Theresienstadt concentration camp, where he died a few months later.[1][2]
Stolperstein commemorating Karl Herxheimer at Westendstraße 92 in Frankfurt
^The Treatment of syphilis with Salvarsan by Wilhelm Wechselmann
^Lyall, Joanna (15 March 2016). . The Pharmaceutical Journal. Archived from the original on 1 April 2021.
January 01, 1970
karl, herxheimer, german, pronunciation, kaʁl, ˈhɛʁksˌhaɪmɐ, june, 1861, december, 1942, german, jewish, dermatologist, native, wiesbaden, studied, medicine, universities, freiburg, strasbourg, würzburg, receiving, doctorate, 1885, with, thesis, cerebral, syph. Karl Herxheimer German pronunciation kaʁl ˈhɛʁksˌhaɪmɐ 26 June 1861 6 December 1942 was a German Jewish dermatologist who was a native of Wiesbaden Karl Herxheimer He studied medicine at the universities of Freiburg Strasbourg and Wurzburg receiving his doctorate in 1885 with a thesis on cerebral syphilis Following graduation he worked as an assistant to Karl Weigert at the Institute of Pathology in Frankfurt am Main and to Albert Neisser at the university skin clinic in Breslau 1 He later worked with his older brother Salomon Herxheimer 1841 1899 in Frankfurt where in 1894 he became director of the municipal dermatology clinic Along with Paul Ehrlich he was instrumental in founding the University of Frankfurt In 1914 he became a professor for skin and venereal diseases at the new university In August 1942 at the age of 81 he was taken to the Theresienstadt concentration camp where he died a few months later 1 2 Stolperstein commemorating Karl Herxheimer at Westendstrasse 92 in Frankfurt Herxheimer is credited with providing an early description of acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans Taylor s disease which is a dermatological disorder associated with the later stages of Lyme disease This condition is sometimes referred to as Pick Herxheimer disease named along with co discoverer Philipp Josef Pick 1834 1910 3 4 With Austrian dermatologist Adolf Jarisch 1850 1902 the Jarisch Herxheimer reaction herxing is named which is an inflammatory reaction to Salvarsan antibiotics or mercury when using these agents to treat syphilis 5 6 The clinical pharmacologist Andrew Herxheimer was his great nephew 7 Published works editUber acrodermatitis chronica atrophicans Archiv fur Dermatologie und Syphilis Berlin 1902 61 57 76 Ueber eine bei Syphilitischen vorkommende Quecksilberreaktion Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift 1902 Berlin 1902 28 895 897 2 References editKarl Herxheimer Who Named It a b Herxheimer Karl In Neue Deutsche Biographie NDB Band 8 Duncker amp Humblot Berlin 1969 ISBN 3 428 00189 3 S 727 f a b Karl Herxheimer Who Named It Wash Your Hands Dirty Truth About Germs Viruses and Epidemics by Frederic Saldmann Taylor s disease at Who Named It Herxheimer Reaction Chronic Illness Recovery The Treatment of syphilis with Salvarsan by Wilhelm Wechselmann Lyall Joanna 15 March 2016 Andrew Herxheimer 1925 2016 The Pharmaceutical Journal Archived from the original on 1 April 2021 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Karl Herxheimer amp oldid 1192369021, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
