[Ferdinand von Hebra: the man and his work (author's transl)]

Ferdinand von Hebra was the first well-known Austrian dermatologist and he belonged to the so-called IInd Viennese School of Medicine in the 19th century, of which he was one of the most prominent members. Both his life and his oevre are outlined on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his death (August 5, 1880). His monograph on scabies and his atlas on diseases of the skin are mentioned in particular.