Edvard Ehlers
Edvard Ehlers (born March 26, 1863 in Copenhagen ; † June 8, 1937 ) was a Danish dermatologist , after whom a group of genetic connective tissue diseases , the Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) , is named together with his French colleague Henri-Alexandre Danlos .
Edvard Lauritz Ehlers grew up as the son of the mayor of Copenhagen and passed his medical exam in 1891. In the following years he expanded his studies in Berlin , Breslau , Vienna and Paris . In Iceland he investigated the decline in leprosy there and was awarded a prize by the National Leprosy Fund in London for his studies . In 1906 he was appointed head of the dermatological polyclinic at Frederiks Hospital in Copenhagen. From 1911 until his retirement in 1932 he was director of the municipal hospital in Copenhagen.
The Australian artist Sussanne Morton (* 1963) is the daughter of Edvard's son Guy Ehlers .
literature
- Heinz-Peter Schmiedebach : Edvard Ehlers. In: Werner E. Gerabek , Bernhard D. Haage, Gundolf Keil , Wolfgang Wegner (eds.): Enzyklopädie Medizingeschichte . De Gruyter, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-11-015714-4 , p. 336.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Edvard Ehlers: Cutis laxa. Tendency to hemorrhage in the skin, loosening of several articulations. In: Dermatologische Zeitung , Volume 8, 1901, p. 173 f.
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| SURNAME | Ehlers, Edvard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ehlers, Edvard Lauritz (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish dermatologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 26, 1863 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Copenhagen |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 8, 1937 |