Heinrich Koebner

Heinrich Koebner ( born December 2, 1838 in Breslau, † September 3, 1904 in Berlin) was a German dermatologist. He is one of the founders of dermatology in Germany and described as the " Koebner phenomenon " or " Koebner effect" referred isomorphic stimulus effect.

Life

Koebner studied from 1855 to 1859 in Breslau and Berlin medicine. In 1859 he received his doctorate in Wroclaw with the work Physiologically - chemical studies on cane sugar digestion. After living in Vienna under Ferdinand von Hebra in Paris and founded Koebner 1861 in Wrocław, the " Dr. Köbnersche Institute for Skin and Venereal Diseases, "the first of Dermatology in Germany. 1869 Habilitation Koebner, 1872, he was appointed associate professor at the newly established Department of Dermatology at the University of Breslau.

For many years he sought the establishment of an independent skin clinic in Breslau. The clinic was ultimately in 1877 ( other details: 1876) furnished and Koebner stood before her a short time as director. Health problems and longer spa stays ultimately forced him to resign his professorship and emigrate in 1877 to Berlin. In 1884 he also founded there a Department of Dermatology. The Leopoldina chose Koebner 1893 Member, 1897, he was appointed to the Privy medical officer.

His son was the jurist Otto Max Koebner.

Work

Among the areas of interest included not only the Koebner syphilis and psoriasis ( psoriasis) and leprosy. He published many papers on these and other dermatological issues.

At a meeting of the " Medical Section of the Silesian Society for Culture " Koebner described in 1872 for the first time the occurrence of typical lesions by nonspecific irritation of the skin of psoriasis ( psoriasis) diseased patients. This isomorphic stimulus effect was later described in other disorders and is also referred to as the " Koebner phenomenon ."

Together with Georg Lewin he had for many years chaired the Berlin Dermatological Society, founded in 1886 and thus the oldest German Professional Association of Dermatology.

Publications (selection)

• Physio- chemical studies on cane sugar digestion. Breslau, 1859. (Dissertation)
• Clinical and experimental releases from the field of dermatology and syphilidology. Sink, Erlangen 1864.