Heinrich Auspitz 1100339 194298646 2008-02-27T00:15:12Z Olessi 220894 fix [[Image:V02p317002 Heinrich Auspitz.jpg|thumb]] '''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== * {{WhoNamedIt|doctor|78|Heinrich Auspitz}} {{BD|1835|1886|Auspitz, Heinrich}} [[Category:Austrian dermatologists]] [[Category:University of Vienna alumni]] [[Category:Moravian Germans]] {{Austria-bio-stub}}