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Hermann Werner Siemens
German dermatologist, born August 20, 1891, Charlottenburg; died 1969.
Associated eponyms:
Bloch-Sulzberger pigment dermatosis (Bruno Bloch)
A complex congenital disturbance characterized by bizarre, widespread pigmented macules of unusual shapes and defects of teeth, eyes, nails, central nervous system and hair.
Christ-Siemens-Touraine syndrome
A rare, congenital development defect of the ectoderm and mesoderm structures in which absence of sweat glands impairs heart regulation and causes heat intolerance.
Hallopeau-Siemens syndrome
A destructive form of epidermolysis bullosa with large flaccid bullae developing spontaneously on any part of skin surface, but particularly on the hands, feet, elbows, and knees.
Meleda syndrome
A syndrome of marked acanthosis, irregular hyperkeratosis and parakeratosis and perivascular infiltration.
Siemens' syndrome I
A familial form of keratosis involving the face, neck, forearms, ears, palms and soles, and backs of the hands.
Unna-Thost syndrome
A rare hereditary skin disease with variable involvement of the palms and soles.
Biography:
Hermann Werner Siemens
17: Siemens studied at Munich and Berlin, receiving his doctorate from the latter university in 1918. He worked for a brief period of time under Josef Jadassohn (1863-1936) in Breslau, and in 1921 entered the university dermatological clinic in Munich. Here he was habilitated for dermatology in 1923, becoming ausserordentlicher professor in 1927, and in 1929 was called to Leiden as ordinarius. Besides his main speciality Siemens concerned himself extensively with Vererbungspathologie.
We thank Søren Nørby, Denmark, for information submitted.
Bibliography:
- Grundzüge der Vererbungslehre, der Rassenhygiene und der Bevölkerungsopolitik.
Munich, 1917; 4th edition, 1930; translated into English, French, Dutch, and Swedish.
- Einführug in die allgemeine und spezielle Vererbungspathologie des Menschen.
Berlin, 1921; 2nd edition, 1923; translated into Russian.
- Die Zwillingspathologie. Berlin, 1924.
- Die Vererbung in der Aetiologie der Hautkrankheiten.
In: Handbuch der Haut- und Geschlechtskrankheiten, volume 3; Berlin, 1929.
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