Carl Ludwig Sigmund

Carl Ludwig Sigmund von Ilanor (27 August 1810 – 1 February 1883) was an Austrian syphilologist born in Schässburg (Sighişoara), Transylvania.

He studied medicine and surgery at Josephs-Akademie in Vienna, earning his doctorate in 1837 at the University of Pest.

In 1842 he became the senior surgical doctor at the Allgemeines Krankenhaus in Vienna, and during the following year received his habilitation.

In 1849 he became a full professor at the University of Vienna and director of the syphilology clinic.

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Carl Ludwig Sigmund von Ilanor. Lithograph by Eduard Kaiser , 1850