Juliusberg, fritz

(¤ 1872, † 1939). Juliusberg was born on 16.02.1872 in Breslau. He received his dermatological training under Karl Herxheimer in Frankfurt, Josef Jadassohn in Bern and Albert Neisser in Breslau. Already as an assistant physician in Frankfurt he described in 1898 the clinical picture of "Pustulosis acuta varioliformis", which is also named as "Pustulosis varioliformis Kaposi-Juliusberg" and today as Eccema herpeticatum. However, its independence as a herpetic viral infection was highlighted by Moritz Kaposi as early as 1887. Only one year later, in 1899, he was the first to publish the clinical picture of pityriasis lichenoides chronica in Breslau. From 1910 to 1919 Juliusberg was head of the skin department of the city hospital in Posen. In 1919 he was appointed titular professor. After the end of World War 1, Poznan became Polish according to the Treaty of Versailles. Juliusberg decided to become a German citizen and had to end his work in Poznan. As a result, he settled in Braunschweig until 1936. During this time he co-authored the dermatological handbook published by J. Jadassohn. In 1922 his "Guide to Cosmetics for Physicians" was published. On April 4, 1936, Juliusberg's license to practice medicine was revoked due to the National Socialist racial laws. He moved to Berlin. There he took his own life in his apartment in Berlin-Wilmersdorf on March 25, 1939.