Moritz Kaposi
Moritz Kaposi · Science & Medicine
Dermatologist who first described the skin cancer now known as Kaposi's sarcoma.
1837, Kaposvár, Hungary — 1902, Vienna, Austria
Hungary · Austria
Moritz Kaposi is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Dermatologist who first described the skin cancer now known as Kaposi's sarcoma.
Moritz Kaposi was a dermatologist who first described the vascular skin cancer now known as Kaposi's sarcoma, and was a leading figure of the Vienna School of dermatology. Born Moriz Kohn into a Jewish family in Kaposvár, Hungary, he later converted to Catholicism.
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Dermatologist who first described the skin cancer now known as Kaposi's sarcoma.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
