Gustav Hopf (dermatologist)
Gustav Hopf (born May 5, 1900 in Hamburg , † November 1, 1979 in Hamburg) was a German dermatologist and medical officer.
Hopf studied in Marburg, Munich, Kiel and Hamburg and qualified as a professor in 1932 in his specialist field of dermatology. In November 1933 he signed the German professors' confession of Adolf Hitler . From 1945 he was chief physician in the department for skin diseases at Hamburg's Heidberg Hospital . In 1945/46 he was also provisional director of the Eppendorfer University Dermatology Clinic after the release of the National Socialist Paul Mulzer . He was a member of the Federal Health Council and chairman of a specialist committee for scientific cosmetics in the German Society for Fat Science , where he was chairman from 1968 to 1969. Since 1960, he has represented the professional interests of this professional group as president of the association of German chief physicians . In 1970 he received the Paracelsus Medal .
He is considered to be the first to describe Acrokeratosis verruciformis Hopf, a rare skin disease allelic to Darier 's disease.
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- Contribution to the reproductive tendency of schizophrenics , 1925 (diss.)
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| SURNAME | Hopf, Gustav |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German dermatologist and medical officer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 5, 1900 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 1, 1979 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |