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- (¤ 1887, † 1961) Dermatologist, working in Zurich. Born on 4.11.1887 as son of a merchant in Naples. In Basel attended the grammar school. After graduating from high school, began studying medicine as an engineer at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. Later changed to medical studies in Basel, Zurich and Munich. 1913 Doctorate in Basel. First dermatological training with Bruno Bloch in Basel, which he later followed to Zurich. 1919 senior physician in Zurich (together with Werner Jadassohn); 1921 habilitation. 1929 Appointment as full professor. In 1933, he succeeded Bruno Bloch, who died at an early age, as professor of dermatology in Zurich. 1947 appointment as full professor. In 1958 he resigned from his teaching post and from the management of the clinic. In 1961 Miescher died of metastatic cancer. His successor in Zurich was Hans Storck.
- Field(s) of research: Miescher granuloma of the face (granuloma-anular-like changes in light-exposed areas); Miescher syndrome I (granulomatous macrochelia); Miescher syndrome II (familial acanthosis nigricans with diabetes mellitus and other symptom complexes). 1955 After the groundbreaking publication in 1953 by Wilhelm Lutz, Miescher described the histological criteria of elastosis perforans serpiginosa, named after Lutz and Miescher. In 1940 Miescher introduced the term light callosity into the literature.
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- Devigus A (1990) In memoriam. Guido Miescher. dermatologist 41: 342-343