Walter Burckhardt
Walter Burckhardt (born March 2, 1905 in Zurich ; † October 29, 1971 there ) was a Swiss dermatologist .
Life
Burckhardt studied medicine at the University of Zurich from 1924 to 1928 and received his doctorate . His lecturers included the dermatologists Bruno Bloch and Guido Miescher . At the end of the 1930s, Burckhardt replaced Max Tièche as head of the City Polyclinic for Dermatology and Venereal Diseases in Zurich and became a private lecturer in 1938 and a professor at the University of Zurich in 1947 . He was particularly interested in sexually transmitted diseases and work-related dermatoses (industrial dermatology). Urs Peter Haemmerli (later chief physician at the Medical Clinic at Triemli Hospital ) received his doctorate under his leadership .
Fonts
- Atlas and internship in dermatology and venereology. 10th edition. Urban and Schwarzenberg, Munich / Berlin / Vienna 1972, ISBN 3-541-00530-0 (English edition: Burckhardt's Atlas and manual of dermatology and venerology. Editors: Peter J. Lynch, Stephan Epstein. Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore 1977, ISBN 0-683-01134-0 ; Spanish edition: Atlas y compendio de dermatología y venereología. Translation by Agustín Martínez Muñoz, foreword by José A. Sarró Palau. Editorial Labor, Barcelona 1966).
literature
- Barbara Wicki-Bühler: Life and work of the dermatologist Walter Burckhardt 1905–1971. Medical dissertation . University of Zurich , Zurich 1995.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stephan Lautenschlager: To the story. The institution through the ages. Dermatology, Triemli City Hospital , Zurich.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Burckhardt, Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss dermatologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 2, 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zurich |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 29, 1971 |
| Place of death | Zurich |