Edmund Lesser


Edmund Lesser was a German dermatologist who was a native of Neisse.
He studied medicine at the universities of Berlin, Bonn and Strasbourg, earning his medical doctorate in 1876. Later he became an assistant to Oskar Simon at the dermatological clinic in Breslau, and in 1882 received his habilitation at the University of Leipzig. In 1892 he was an associate professor at the University of Bonn, and several years later was appointed chief physician of the syphilitic department at the Berlin-Charité. The following year he became head of the dermatological and syphilitic dispensary at the University of Berlin.

Written works

Lesser was a leading authority in the field of syphilis research. He was the author of Lehrbuch der Haut- und Geschlechtskrankheiten für Studirende und Ärzte, a publication that ran for numerous editions. With zoologist Richard Hertwig, he was co-author of Über Rhizopoden und denselben nahestehende Organismen. Other publications by Lesser include: