PRURIGO OF HEBRA
- 1 June 1948
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in Archives of Dermatology
- Vol. 57 (6) , 998-1008
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archderm.1948.01520190077010
Abstract
FERDINAND von Hebra, head of the Viennese school of dermatology in the nineteenth century, individualized and described in detail a clinical entity frequently observed in Central Europe at that time. This entity was of intense pruritus and characteristic papules, with a peculiar distribution, that appeared early in youth and lasted generally throughout life. This dermatosis, included in types of prurigo (pruritus and papules), was well studied and further commented on by Hebra's successor in Vienna, Kaposi,1 and by French authors, Besnier and Doyon2 (Kaposi's translators and commentators), Vidal,3 Brocq4 and Jacquet.5 Since then, by Besnier's express suggestion, this disease has been called prurigo of Hebra. We have had the opportunity of studying a case of prurigo of Hebra in a white native Argentine and of following up another case, of Viennese origin in a youth 18 years old, studied by Noussitou and Cordero.6 WeKeywords
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