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Eduard Spiegler
Austrian chemist and dermatologist, born August 14, 1860, Vienna; died July 20, 1908, Vienna.
Associated eponyms:
Brooke's epithelioma
A usually benign skin disease most commonly occurring on the face, around the eyelids and on the scalp.
Poncet-Spiegler tumours
Cylindromas - multiple, benign tumours (turban tumour) on the scalp.
Spiegler's reagent and test
Sensitive albumin test with a reagent.
Spiegler-Fendt sarcoid
A rare form of benign recurrent tumor of the lymphoreticular tissue.
Biography:
Eduard Spiegler first studied chemistry at Strassburg, Jena, Zurich, and Graz, where he received his chemical doctorate. He then changed to medicine, studying at Vienna and Graz. After receiving his medical doctorate at Graz in 1888, he entered the Wiener Allgemeines Krankenhaus, at the same time working at the chemical institute with Ernst Ludwig (1842-1915) and at the hygienical institute with Max von Gruber (1853-1927). He was assistant at Moriz Kaposi’s clinic from 1892, and was habilitated for dermatology in 1896. He did important work on sarcoid tumours, pernicious dermatoses, skin pigment in hairs, endotheliomas of the skin, quantity relations of albumin and globulin in serum of luetics.
At his own expense he established a laboratory for experimental chemistry with eight working stations, the Spiegler-Stiftung.
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