Fordyce, john addison

(¤ 1858, † 1925) Fordyce gitl as one of the most successful dermatologists in the United States of America. Studies in the USA. Specialist medical training in various European centres. Initially assistant to Moriz Kaposi in Vienna. In Berlin, assistant at the Robert Koch Institute. Subsequent dermatological training with Besnier and Fournier in Paris. 1989 return to New York. 1893 professorship. 1912 Call to Columbia University. Field(s) of research: Syphilis diagnosis and therapy. He was among the first to use Salvarsan. 1902 together with George Henry Fox first description of the disease named after Fox-Fordyce .