title: The first chairs and professors of dermatology, particularly of 'German' dermatology.
abstract: A short outline is given of the establishment of the first chairs in dermatology/venerology in Central Europe, starting with the award of the Fothergillian Gold Medal to Robert Willan in 1790 and ending past mid-century with the establishment of the professorial chairs in Munich in 1863 and of Military Dermatology at the Vienna Surgical Academy in 1870.
authors.affiliation: Department of History of Medicine, University of Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Holubar
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Braun-Falco
mesh_terms: D001363:Awards and Prizes; D003880:Dermatology / Q000266:history*; D005858:Germany; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000266:history*; D014686:Venereology / Q000266:history*