Zur Geschichte der Deutschen Dermatologie
Berlin: Grosse Verlag, 1987. Zur Geschichte der Deutschen Dermatologie / On the History of German Dermatology is a scholarly commemorative volume produced for the 1987 World Congress of Dermatology held in Berlin. Edited by Joachim J. Herzberg and Günter W. Korting, two prominent figures in German dermatology, the book traces the development of the specialty in Germany through biographical essays, institutional histories, and tributes to its founding practitioners.
The volume is richly illustrated with period photographs of leading dermatologists such as Albert Neisser, Fritz Schaudinn, Edmund Lesser, and Friedrich Althoff, along with an image of the historic Berlin Hautklinik (skin clinic) built under Lesser. A particularly charming section reproduces personal exlibris (bookplates) belonging to well-known dermatologists — including Oscar Gans, Carl Schirren, the Neisser family, Paul and E. Galewsky, and Georg Alexander Rost — several in decorative Art Nouveau style, giving the book added appeal to collectors of ephemera and print design as well as medical historians. In-depth memorial essays, such as one on Heinrich Adolf Gottron, include full literature citations, underscoring the book's use as a serious academic reference rather than a purely commemorative souvenir.
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