Gustav Riehl (dermatologist, 1855)

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Memorial to Gustav Riehl in the arcade courtyard of the University of Vienna
The professors at the Medical University of Vienna, chalk drawing by Olga Prager, Vienna 1908–1910. In the Dean's Office of the Medical Faculty of the University of Vienna. Edmund von Neusser , Siegmund Exner-Ewarten , Isidor Schnabel , Ferdinand Hochstetter , Alfons Edler von Rosthorn , Anton Weichselbaum , Leopold Schrötter von Kristelli , Heinrich Obersteiner , Julius Wagner-Jauregg , Viktor von Ebner-Rofenstein , Carl Toldt , Gustav Riehl, Ottokar von Chiari , Anton von Frisch , Ernst Fuchs , Anton Freiherr von Eiselberg , Hans Horst Meyer , Ernst Ludwig , Rudolf Chrobak , Theodor Escherich , Alexander Kolisko , Julius von Hochenegg , Arthur Schattenfroh , Carl von Noorden , Emil Zuckerkandl , Richard Paltauf , Gustav Gärtner , Leopold Oser , Josef Moeller , Alois Monti , Julius Mauthner , Viktor Urbantschitsch , August Leopold von Reuss , Adolf von Strümpell , Ernest Finger , Adolf Lorenz , Friedrich Schauta

Gustav Riehl (born February 10, 1855 in Wiener Neustadt , † January 7, 1943 in Vienna ) was an Austrian dermatologist and university professor .

Life

Gustav Riehl, who was born the son of a lawyer and politician, studied 1872-1879 medicine at the University of Vienna , where he in 1879 also to Dr. med. received his doctorate . He then worked as an assistant at the Bamberger Clinic for two years and then worked until 1889 as an assistant to Hans von Hebra and Moritz Kaposi . In 1885, also in Vienna, he obtained his habilitation in dermatology and syphilidology . From 1889 to 1896 Riehl was primary physician at the Wiedner Spital in Vienna, before he went to the University of Leipzig in 1896 , at the medical faculty of which he became an associate professor for dermatology and syphilidology and in 1901 was given a full professorship. A year later he moved back to the University of Vienna, where he served as a full professor of dermatology and syphilidology until his retirement in 1926 and as rector of the university in 1921 and 1922 .

Riehl's fields of work were pathological histology , skin tuberculosis ( lupus vulgaris ) and radium therapy . His grave is in the Grinzing cemetery (wall left / 3). His son Gustav Riehl jun. (June 18, 1894 - June 8, 1981) was also a dermatologist and professor in Vienna.

Honors and memberships

Gustav Riehl became an honorary member of the Society of Doctors in Vienna in 1936 . Riehl was the recipient of the Great Gold Medal of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria . He was Honorary President of the Vienna Dermatological Society and President of the German Dermatological Society .

Publications (selection)

  • G. Riehl: About the development and research paths of modern dermatology. Inaugural speech given on Oct. 25, 1921
  • G. Riehl: About the current status of radium treatment for malignant tumors. Julius Springer Publishing House, 1926.
  • G. Riehl: Physics and chemistry of radium and mesothor for doctors and students. Julius Springer Publishing House, 1926.
  • G. Riehl: Atlas of skin diseases. FCW Vogel publishing house, 1926.
  • G. Riehl, R. Paltauf: Tuberculosis verrucosa cutis - a form of skin tuberculosis not yet described. In: Quarterly journal for Dermatology and Syphilis Volume 18, Number 1, 1886, pp. 19–49.
  • G. Riehl: About the pathological significance of prurigo. In: Vierteljahresschrift für Dermatologie und Syphilis Volume 16, Numbers 1–4, 1884, S. 41–56.
  • G. Riehl: Knowledge of the pigment in human hair. In: Vierteljahresschrift für Dermatologie und Syphilis Volume 16, Numbers 1–4, 1884, S. 33–39.
  • G. Riehl: On the anatomy and aetiology of the oriental bump. In: Archives of Dermatological Research Volume 18, Number 1, pp. 805-824.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ The faculty of the medical faculty of the University of Vienna, Vienna 1908-1910 . Photo credits: Collections of the Medical University of Vienna - Josephinum, picture archive; Associated personal identification .
  2. ↑ a b R. Lenius, I. Schinnerl: Riehl, Gustav. In: austria-lexikon.at
  3. ↑ a b Prof. Dr. med. Gustav Riehl. (PDF; 5 kB) In: Professor catalog of the University of Leipzig / Catalogus Professorum Lipsensis , accessed on August 13, 2011
  4. ^ Karl Heinz Tragl: History of the Society of Doctors in Vienna since 1838 . Böhlau, Vienna 2011, ISBN 978-3-205-78512-5 , pp. 270 .
personal data
SURNAME Riehl, Gustav
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian dermatologist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH February 10, 1855
PLACE OF BIRTH Wiener Neustadt
DATE OF DEATH January 7, 1943
Place of death Vienna