Heinrich Auspitz
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'''Heinrich Auspitz''' (born 1835 in [[Nikolsburg]], [[Moravia]], died 1886 in [[Vienna]]) was an [[Austria]]n [[dermatologist]]. Trained at the [[University of Vienna]], he specialised in dermatology and [[syphilis]]. He was part of the famous [[Vienna School of Dermatology]], and studied and worked with other eminent dermatologists of the time, [[Ernst Wilhelm Ritter von Brücke]] (1819-1892), [[Carl Freiherr von Rokitansky]] (1804-1878), [[Josef Skoda]] (1805-1881), [[Johann Ritter von Oppolzer]] (1808-1871), and [[Ferdinand Ritter von Hebra]] (1816-1880). From 1863 to 1886 he worked as a professor of dermatology at the University of Vienna. He was also the director of the general policlinic from 1872 and became the chief of a clinical station upon the death of [[Hermann Edler von Zeissl]] (1817-1884).
A pioneer in [[Biological tissue|tissue]] [[pathology]], he described the pinpoint [[bleeding]] on removal of a [[psoriasis]] scale that bears his name: [[Auspitz's sign]].
==External links==
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[[Category:Austrian dermatologists]]
[[Category:University of Vienna alumni]]
[[Category:Moravian Germans]]
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