Herxheimer, Salomon (physician)
Herxheimer, Salomon
Doctor
born: 22.09.1842 in Dotzheim
died: 12.08.1899 in Sölden (Tyrol)
Herxheimer, brother of the dermatologist Karl Herxheimer, completed his medical studies in Würzburg, Heidelberg and Berlin, came to Wiesbaden as a general practitioner in 1866 and applied to become a citizen the following year.
From this time onwards, he practiced first on Michelsberg, then in Langgasse and Taunusstrasse. In 1872, he underwent dermatological training in Vienna with the founder of dermatology there, Ferdinand von Hebra. In 1874, he moved to Frankfurt as a specialist in skin diseases, where he founded a clinic for skin and venereal diseases in 1877.
After his death during a mountain hike in Tyrol, his wife Fanny, née Livingstone, established the Dr. S. Herxheimer Foundation for needy skin patients.
Literature
Faber, Rolf: Salomon Herxheimer 1801-1884 - ein Rabbiner zwischen Tradition und Emanzipation: Leben und Wirken eines fast vergessenen Dotzheimers, Wiesbaden- Dotzheim 2001 (Schriften des Heimat- und Verschönerungsvereins Dotzheim e.V. 21).
Renkhoff, Otto: Nassau biography. Kurzbiographien aus 13 Jahrhunderten, 2nd ed., Wiesbaden 1992 (Veröffentlichungen der Historischen Kommission für Nassau 39) [p. 310].