Georg Ledderhose

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Dr. Georg Ledderhose was a German surgeon, born December 15, 1855, Bockenheim, Regierungsbezirk Wiesbaden, Germany; died February 1, 1925, Munich, Germany.[1]

Ledderhose studied in Strasbourg[2] under Georg Albert Lücke (1829-1894)[1], receiving his medical doctorate in 1880 and later working in Strasbourg hospital as a surgeon.[1]He became Professor for Surgery in Strasbourg in 1891.[2]He later worked in Munich, where he became honorary professor.[1]

In 1876, Ledderhose discovered glycosamine whilst working on cartilage with Ernst Felix Immanuel Hoppe-Seyler (1825-1895) in Strassburg.[3] Although first identified by him, the stereochemistry of the compound was not fully defined until 1939 by the work of Walter Haworth.[4]

Ledderhose was the first to describe the condition of plantar fibromatosis in 1894,[5][6] which was later known as Ledderhose's disease.

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  1. ^ a b c d Georg Ledderhose (www.WhoNamedIt.com). Retrieved on 2007-12-28.
  2. ^ a b Georg Ledderhose. Retrieved on 2007-12-28.
  3. ^ Joseph S. Fruton (1990). Contrasts in Scientific Style: Research Groups in the Chemical and Biochemical Sciences. DIANE, 313. ISBN 0871691914. 
  4. ^ Horton, Derek; Wander, J.D. (1980). The Carbohydrates Vol IB. New York: Academic Press, 727-728. ISBN 042-556351-5. 
  5. ^ Ledderhose G (1894). "Über Zerreisungen der Plantarfascie". Arch Klin Chir 48: 853–856. 
  6. ^ Dupuytren's contracture - Patient UK. Retrieved on 2007-12-28.
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