HOFFMANN, Erich (1868 – 1959)
1868 – 1959
2 entries in the GMN corpus.
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1905 CE
#2399
Vorläufiger Bericht über das Vorkommen von Spirochaeten in syphilitischen Krankheitsprodukten und bei Papillomen.
On March 3, 1905, Schaudinn discovered the causal organism of syphilis Spirochaeta pallida, in serum obtained from a genital lesion by Hoffmann. Schaudinn later renamed the spirochete Treponema pallidum.
1919 CE
#1477
Ueber eine nach innen gerichtete Schützfunktion der Haut (Esophylaxie) nebst Bemerkungen über die Entstehung der Paralyse.
Hoffmann stressed the role of the skin as a secretory organ, producing hormone-like substances; he suggested the term “esophylaxis” for this function.