Os pioneiros da dermatologia: Parte 3 - A propósito da vida e obra de Moriz Kaposi

Abstract

On the occasion of the commemoration of 100 years after the ascension of Moriz Kaposi to the professorship chair in the I University Dermatology Clinic in Vienna, Prim. Dr. J. Frankl, substituting for professor F. Hebra presented a lecture on his life and works. Presented here is the result of concrete data researched and obtained from the Jewish birth certificate of Kaposi in Kaposvar, in the public registry that includes the period of 1771 up to 1873. Kaposvar (the city of his residence) is located in the western part of Hungary, in the middle portion of the Trans-Danube. The city was founded in 1712, when the subjects separated from feudal Lord Paul Esterhazy. The bibliographical material of Kaposi begins with the annotations supplied by the high rabbi Emmanuel Herzog, of the Kaposvar district. The birth certificate of Kaposi recorded: Moriz Kohn, born October 23, and following which, in Hebraic letters: 24 Tisri. On the line above, there were four capital letters also in Hebrew signifying the year 598, which is equivalent in the current calendar to 1837; therefore the date of birth of Moriz Kohn was October 23, 1837. The last line of the registration includes the paternity: Salomon Kohn (father) and Rosa Krauss (mother)and the city where the progenitors resided, Kaposvar. The top of the death certificate, written by the high